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Republican representative for Kansas’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Estes votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Estes’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 Estes votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Estes’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-21.7% | 7.2% | -7.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Estes 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No |  | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.6% | -28.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.4% | -13.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.1% | -61.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 44.6% | +55.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.7% | -53.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.1% | -6.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.0% | -78.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.6% | -33.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.0% | -11.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.3% | -22.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.9% | -16.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.6% | +24.4 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.8% | -63.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ron Estes's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.6% | ||
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.6% | -37.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.5% | -17.5 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.4% | -62.4 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.3% | -59.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ron Estes's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.7% | -39.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.3% | -25.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| 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) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.3% | -29.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ron Estes's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.2% | +24.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ron Estes's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 53.2% | ||
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.2% | -17.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ron Estes's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.5% | -70.5 |
| Average | 7.2% | 14.3% | -7.1 | |||
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