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Republican representative for South Carolina’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Norman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Norman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Norman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Norman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-16.6% | 2.6% | -11.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Norman vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 98.6% | -98.6 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| July 22 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Ralph Norman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.5% | -80.5 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.4% | -62.4 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ralph Norman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ralph Norman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 73.0% | ||
| Average | 2.6% | 13.8% | -11.2 | |||
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