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Democratic representative for California’s 52nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Peters votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Peters’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 Peters votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Peters’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+29.2% | 100.0% | +0.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Peters vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.3% | +22.7 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| 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) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| 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 Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Scott Peters's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.1% | +9.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.1% | +0.9 | |||
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