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Republican representative for Georgia’s 12th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Allen votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Allen’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 Allen votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Allen’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-12.8% | 7.5% | -11.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Allen vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No |  | 35.1% | -35.1 |
| Feb. 9 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.8% | -73.8 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Rick Allen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.7% | -54.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Rick Allen's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 46.8% | ||
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Rick Allen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.6% | -11.6 |
| July 22, 2021 | 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) Rick Allen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.6% | -21.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.7% | -44.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.0% | -32.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.0% | -84.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.9% | -68.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Rick Allen's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.6% | ||
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.3% | -36.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Rick Allen's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Rick Allen's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| Average | 7.5% | 19.0% | -11.4 | |||
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