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Democratic representative for Massachusetts’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Moulton votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Moulton’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 Moulton votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Moulton’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+27.0% | 97.9% | -0.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Moulton vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Seth Moulton's Vote: No | support | No |  | 98.4% | -98.4 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| 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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.7% | +10.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| 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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Seth Moulton'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) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Seth Moulton's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Seth Moulton's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.6% | -89.6 |
| Average | 97.9% | 98.9% | -0.9 | |||
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