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Democratic representative for California’s 36th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Ruiz votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Ruiz’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 Ruiz votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Ruiz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+13.6% | 100.0% | +4.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Ruiz vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Raul Ruiz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.5% | +14.5 |
| Average | 100.0% | 95.9% | +4.1 | |||
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