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Republican representative for Florida’s 16th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Buchanan votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Buchanan’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 Buchanan votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Buchanan’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-8.1% | 12.4% | -16.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Buchanan 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No |  | 25.1% | -25.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.7% | -28.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.0% | -47.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.7% | -77.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.1% | -49.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.2% | -61.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.3% | -73.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.8% | -43.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.5% | -26.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.3% | -18.3 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.9% | +38.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.4% | -33.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.0% | -47.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.2% | -21.2 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.6% | -51.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.1% | +23.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.7% | +19.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.0% | -22.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.0% | -29.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.5% | -45.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.6% | -64.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.2% | -28.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.5% | -48.5 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.3% | -46.3 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.9% | -10.9 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.0% | -79.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.9% | -76.9 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.4% | -62.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.1% | -30.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.8% | -14.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.1% | +40.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.8% | -45.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan'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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.2% | -35.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.8% | -13.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.8% | -35.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 36.7% | ||
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.4% | -53.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.6% | -21.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.8% | -44.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.5% | -48.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.6% | -40.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.0% | -42.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.1% | +86.9 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.7% | -8.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.1% | -8.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| Average | 12.4% | 29.3% | -16.9 | |||
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