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Republican representative for Ohio’s 12th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Balderson votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Balderson’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 Balderson votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Balderson’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-5.9% | 17.0% | -15.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Balderson 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No |  | 51.8% | -51.8 |
| 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.4% | -18.4 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.3% | +20.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.9% | -65.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.1% | -14.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.6% | +35.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.4% | -24.4 |
| 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.6% | -20.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.3% | -29.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.2% | -44.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.7% | +54.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.4% | -57.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.0% | -26.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.1% | -51.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.2% | +20.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.5% | -10.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.4% | -54.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.6% | -10.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.1% | -25.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.0% | +51.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 10.2% | ||
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Troy Balderson's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 20.9% | ||
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.1% | -14.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.0% | -78.0 |
| Average | 17.0% | 32.5% | -15.5 | |||
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