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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% | 12.5% | -6.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Buchanan vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No |  | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| April 16 | 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 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.6% | -40.6 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.0% | -42.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 13.1% | +86.9 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Vern Buchanan's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.1% | -8.1 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Vern Buchanan's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| Average | 12.5% | 19.3% | -6.8 | |||
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