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Republican representative for California’s 39th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kim votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kim’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 Kim votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kim’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+10.1% | 31.0% | -58.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kim 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No |  | 79.0% | -79.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.6% | -94.6 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.9% | -87.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.4% | -94.4 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.5% | -90.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.4% | -91.4 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.0% | +20.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.7% | -79.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.6% | -67.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.3% | -92.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.3% | -92.3 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.9% | -92.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.6% | -84.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Young Kim's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 90.6% | ||
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.1% | -92.1 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.4% | -91.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.6% | -86.6 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.2% | -92.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.5% | -88.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.5% | +16.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.0% | +16.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.0% | -80.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.3% | -86.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.1% | -92.1 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.6% | -91.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.2% | -91.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.3% | -91.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.7% | +23.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.2% | -87.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.6% | -91.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.0% | -77.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.2% | -90.2 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.2% | +16.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.8% | -89.8 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.4% | -88.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.9% | -90.9 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.3% | -93.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 95.2% | -95.2 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.8% | -89.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.8% | -87.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.9% | -86.9 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 85.0% | -85.0 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.8% | -93.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.7% | -89.7 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.0% | -91.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.0% | -93.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.9% | -90.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.3% | -91.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.7% | -65.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.6% | +15.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.0% | -90.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.4% | -92.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.9% | -67.9 |
| 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) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.5% | -88.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.2% | -87.2 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.8% | -65.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.0% | -88.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.9% | -91.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.1% | -94.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.1% | -94.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.9% | -88.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.6% | -92.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.7% | -92.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.4% | -93.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.2% | -86.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.6% | -89.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.8% | -91.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Young Kim's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.5% | -94.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Young Kim's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| Average | 31.0% | 89.2% | -58.2 | |||
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