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Democratic representative for Georgia’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bishop votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bishop’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 Bishop votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bishop’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+12.3% | 100.0% | +6.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bishop vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.4% | +26.6 |
| July 22 | 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) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.9% | +29.1 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.6% | +7.4 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Sanford D. Bishop Jr.'s Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 93.8% | +6.2 | |||
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