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Republican senator for North Carolina
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Burr votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Burr’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 Burr votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Burr’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-1.3% | 62.1% | -18.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Burr vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No |  | 56.1% | -56.1 |
| June 8 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.0% | -56.0 |
| June 8 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.9% | -74.9 |
| May 28 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Richard Burr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 70.9% | ||
| May 19 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.8% | -57.8 |
| May 11 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.6% | -61.6 |
| April 29 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| April 28 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.2% | -65.2 |
| April 22 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| March 22 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.0% | +18.0 |
| March 18 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.3% | -59.3 |
| March 17 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.1% | +10.9 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.4% | -68.4 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.9% | +18.1 |
| March 10 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.7% | -75.7 |
| March 6 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.7% | -56.7 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 2 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.4% | +19.6 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.8% | +25.2 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.5% | +14.5 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Richard Burr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 94.0% | ||
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Richard Burr's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.1% | -68.1 |
| Feb. 2 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.0% | +9.0 |
| Jan. 26 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| Jan. 22 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Richard Burr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 98.6% | ||
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Richard Burr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 71.8% | ||
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Richard Burr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| Average | 62.1% | 80.0% | -18.0 | |||
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