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Former Republican representative for Illinois’s 13th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Davis votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Davis’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 Davis votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Davis’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-3.5% | 26.4% | -14.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Davis vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 38.3% | +61.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No |  | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.0% | +55.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.3% | +40.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.8% | +39.2 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.5% | -26.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Rodney Davis's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 82.3% | ||
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.3% | +39.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Rodney Davis's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 78.8% | ||
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.6% | -42.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.7% | +44.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.3% | -22.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.0% | -39.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.6% | -44.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.6% | -18.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.5% | -18.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.4% | +48.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.2% | -47.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.2% | -56.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Rodney Davis's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 37.4% | ||
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.6% | -18.6 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.7% | +35.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.4% | -25.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.7% | -60.7 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.0% | -43.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.8% | -34.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.9% | +44.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.8% | -72.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.5% | -40.5 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.6% | -44.6 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.2% | -29.2 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.6% | -60.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.6% | -57.6 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.7% | -29.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.4% | +16.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.8% | -81.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.8% | -23.8 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.4% | -18.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.6% | -69.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.8% | -23.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.7% | -38.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.3% | +29.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.9% | -21.9 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| 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) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.1% | -30.1 |
| 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) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.8% | -50.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.9% | -29.9 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.8% | +46.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.1% | -24.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.7% | -55.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.7% | -61.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.4% | -31.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.9% | +42.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.6% | -17.6 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.7% | +39.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Rodney Davis's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.7% | +43.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Rodney Davis's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Rodney Davis's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 79.0% | ||
| Average | 26.4% | 41.3% | -14.9 | |||
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