How Often Florida’s Congressional Representatives Vote w/President Biden
Bottom Line: I last evaluated the voting records of Florida’s Congressional delegation last October in the leadup to the midterm election cycle. Now that we’re a third of a year into the new Congress I thought it’d be instructive to see how Florida’s representatives are voting relative to the position of President Biden. As always, actions speak louder than words and Congressional votes have often been revealing as to what Florida’s Congressional delegations have really represented.
President Biden’s approval rating currently stands at just 37% in Florida. We clearly don’t approve of his performance. Here are Florida’s Congressional Reps ranked based on their voting record with Biden.
Those who’ve voted 100% of the time with President Biden’s position (in order of district number):
- Darren Soto, Kathy Castor, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Lois Frankel, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Frederica Wilson.
That accounts for all but one Florida’s Congressional Democrats. There remains zero distance between President Biden’s administration and almost all of Florida’s Democrats. Florida’s newly elected Democrat Jared Moskowitz has voted 95% of the time with the Biden position.
As for Florida’s Republicans... Here’s how South Florida’s Republicans have voted relative to President Biden’s position:
- Maria Elvira-Salazar: 39.8%
- Carlos Gimenez: 28.1%
- Mario Diaz-Balart: 24%
- Brian Mast: 12.3%
You’ll notice a couple differences straight away here. Unlike the Democrats which voted in lock step with party leadership, and most specifically President Biden’s position, indicating there is no political difference between them and him, that’s not at all the case with SFL’s Republicans. Each has a different voting record indicating a level of self-direction on issues that varies from both Republican party leadership and each other. While we’re doing this exercise, here’s a look at Florida’s two Senators.
Biden voting record:
- Marco Rubio: 25.4%
- Rick Scott: 13.4%
Once again, we see a significant difference between the voting records of Florida’s two senators which stand independent of party leadership in addition to each other.