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Democratic representative for Illinois’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Casten votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Casten’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 Casten votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Casten’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+12.7% | 93.8% | -1.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Casten vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.1% | +6.9 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Sean Casten's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Sean Casten's Vote: No | support | No |  | 85.2% | -85.2 |
| Average | 93.8% | 95.1% | -1.3 | |||
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