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Republican representative for Wisconsin’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Fitzgerald votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Fitzgerald’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 Fitzgerald votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Fitzgerald’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.1% | 9.1% | -7.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Fitzgerald 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) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No |  | 29.9% | -29.9 |
| 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) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 71.0% | +29.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.4% | -68.4 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.8% | -50.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.0% | -19.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.9% | -40.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.7% | -8.7 |
| 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) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.1% | -14.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.5% | -40.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.6% | -10.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.4% | -26.4 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.0% | +18.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.1% | -65.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.2% | -21.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.1% | -22.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Scott Fitzgerald's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.8% | +26.2 |
| Average | 9.1% | 17.0% | -7.9 | |||
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