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Democratic representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kind votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kind’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 Kind votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kind’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-4.7% | 94.5% | +59.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kind 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) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 54.7% | +45.3 |
| 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) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.7% | +76.3 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.6% | +19.4 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.8% | +81.2 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.3% | +86.7 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.8% | +32.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.5% | +81.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.4% | +85.6 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.1% | +81.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.7% | +81.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.3% | +87.7 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.4% | +63.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.7% | +72.3 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.8% | +67.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.5% | +32.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.9% | +83.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.9% | +86.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.4% | +85.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.3% | +85.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.3% | +85.7 |
| 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) Ron Kind'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) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.2% | +72.8 |
| 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 Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.6% | +53.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.0% | +75.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.4% | +81.6 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.6% | +65.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.0% | +51.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.6% | +85.4 |
| 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 Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.8% | +81.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.7% | +49.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.5% | +40.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.6% | +71.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.5% | +45.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.8% | +87.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.6% | +85.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.6% | +85.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.9% | +85.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.0% | +85.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.4% | +48.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.4% | +69.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ron Kind's Vote: No | support | No |  | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 26.1% | +73.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 12.3% | +87.7 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.9% | +79.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.3% | +81.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ron Kind's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.4% | -18.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.5% | +72.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ron Kind's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.4% | +81.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ron Kind's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.5% | -78.5 |
| Average | 94.5% | 35.5% | +59.0 | |||
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