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Democratic representative for Texas’s 15th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gonzalez votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gonzalez’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 Gonzalez votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gonzalez’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+1.9% | 97.4% | +33.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gonzalez 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 55.6% | +44.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.0% | +42.0 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.1% | +34.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.2% | +31.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.5% | +43.5 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.4% | +15.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.6% | +41.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.2% | +42.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.4% | +45.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.5% | +29.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.3% | +45.7 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.7% | +43.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.4% | +40.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.0% | +42.0 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.9% | +49.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.8% | +49.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: No | support | No |  | 47.4% | -47.4 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.8% | +34.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.8% | +36.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.6% | +40.4 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.0% | +49.0 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.1% | +21.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.6% | +50.4 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.3% | +44.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.4% | -52.4 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.1% | +52.9 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.1% | +38.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.3% | +42.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.7% | +44.3 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.4% | +45.6 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.9% | +41.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.6% | +32.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.8% | +41.2 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.0% | +36.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.8% | +35.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.6% | +45.4 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.6% | +26.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.1% | +29.9 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.3% | +38.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.9% | +48.1 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.1% | +22.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.1% | +45.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.7% | +47.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.6% | +46.4 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.5% | +45.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.5% | +50.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.5% | +48.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.9% | +55.1 |
| 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) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.7% | +31.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.3% | +44.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.1% | +33.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.7% | +26.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.8% | +45.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.8% | +55.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.2% | +27.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.8% | +50.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.8% | +45.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.6% | +26.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.8% | +45.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.4% | +28.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.1% | +35.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.8% | +27.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.7% | +46.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.6% | +38.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.9% | +41.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.4% | +50.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.5% | +47.5 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.4% | -61.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.4% | +41.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Vicente Gonzalez's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| Average | 97.4% | 63.7% | +33.7 | |||
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