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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% | 13.0% | -13.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Buchanan 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No |  | 46.3% | -46.3 |
| 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) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.9% | -10.9 |
| Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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 | 13.0% | 26.2% | -13.2 | |||
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