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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% | 18.8% | -16.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Balderson vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No |  | 31.1% | -31.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.2% | -55.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.9% | -12.9 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.7% | -53.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 80.0% | +20.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.5% | -54.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.7% | -35.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.8% | -46.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.6% | -48.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.3% | -14.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.7% | -34.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.0% | -14.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.4% | -12.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.4% | -25.4 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | 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) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.8% | +55.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.8% | -39.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.4% | +48.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.0% | -58.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.2% | -55.2 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Troy Balderson's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.8% | -27.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.6% | -35.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.5% | -50.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.4% | -12.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.6% | -68.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.7% | -35.7 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.3% | -54.3 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.8% | -51.8 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Troy Balderson's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 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 | 18.8% | 35.1% | -16.3 | |||
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