Donald Norcross
Representative for New Jersey's 1st district · Democrat
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Seats held: Representative for NJ-1, 2014–now.
NJ-1 has about 787,000 residents.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 34 of 40 surveyed votes where the district's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: voted with 8 of 8 surveyed votes where the district's estimated majority was clear.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut $9.4 billion from previously approved federal spending (Rescissions Act) | July 18, 2025 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.8% support, likely 38–57.6%) | Too close to call |
| A tax bill extending the 2017 tax cuts, among other provisions (H.R. 1) | July 3, 2025 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 41.2–60.8%) | Too close to call |
| Require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote (SAVE Act) | April 10, 2025 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (83.9% support, likely 75.3–92.5%) | Didn't vote |
| Require medical care for infants born alive after an attempted abortion | January 23, 2025 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (73.5% support, likely 64–83%) | Against the majority |
| Require detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft (Laken Riley Act) | January 22, 2025 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.2% support, likely 51.4–71%) | Against the majority |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 12, 2024 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (41.5% support, likely 33.4–49.6%) | Against the majority |
| Ban TikTok unless China sells it to a U.S. company | March 13, 2024 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54.5% support, likely 46.4–62.7%) | Too close to call |
| Deny asylum to immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally (Secure the Border Act) | May 11, 2023 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62.9% support, likely 54.9–71%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 12, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.8% support, likely 63.8–77.8%) | With the majority |
| Limit gun magazines to 10 bullets | July 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.5% support, likely 71.5–79.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Ban assault rifles (Assault Weapons Ban of 2022) | July 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.7% support, likely 71.9–79.6%) | With the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 28, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68% support, likely 60.8–75.1%) | With the majority |
| Spend $2.2 trillion over ten years on prekindergarten, child care, college aid, housing and elder care (Build Back Better Act) | November 19, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.3% support, likely 60.1–74.4%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | November 5, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.1% support, likely 75.6–88.6%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | November 5, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.6% support, likely 72.2–89.1%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | September 24, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.6% support, likely 57.3–71.8%) | With the majority |
| Require Justice Department approval of election-law changes in places with a history of discrimination (John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act) | August 24, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.6% support, likely 64.8–82.3%) | With the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 19, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.1% support, likely 54–72.3%) | With the majority |
| Grant statehood and representation in Congress to Washington DC (Washington, D.C. Admission Act, 2021) | April 22, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (60.9% support, likely 48.5–73.2%) | Too close to call |
| Require equal pay for women and men doing similar jobs (Paycheck Fairness Act) | April 15, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.3% support, likely 81.9–96.8%) | With the majority |
| Create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought here as children (American Dream and Promise Act, 2021) | March 18, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.7% support, likely 79.2–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Require background checks for all gun purchases (Bipartisan Background Checks Act, 2021) | March 11, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (94.5% support, likely 92.4–96.6%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.4% support, likely 56.1–70.7%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.7% support, likely 52.5–70.9%) | With the majority |
| Protect workers who strike and unions' organizing (PRO Act) | March 9, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68.3% support, likely 59.2–77.5%) | With the majority |
| Increase accountability for police misconduct (George Floyd Justice in Policing Act) | March 3, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (84.2% support, likely 76.2–92.3%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation (Equality Act) | February 25, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.1% support, likely 64.3–81.9%) | With the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | January 13, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.3% support, likely 50.7–73.9%) | With the majority |
| Legalize marijuana (MORE Act) | December 4, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.3% support, likely 63.2–75.4%) | With the majority |
| Ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States | July 22, 2020 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (22.6% support, likely 16.6–28.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Grant statehood and representation in Congress to Washington DC (Washington, D.C. Admission Act) | June 26, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (60.9% support, likely 48.5–73.2%) | Too close to call |
| Ban police officers from using chokeholds | June 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77.7% support, likely 68.4–87.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| HEROES Act ($3 trillion more in coronavirus relief, May 2020) | May 15, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (83.6% support, likely 77.9–89.3%) | With the majority |
| Allow people to work in unionized workplaces without paying union dues | February 6, 2020 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Too close to call (50.6% support, likely 43.6–57.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Impeach President Trump (December 2019) | December 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.2% support, likely 39.4–57%) | Too close to call |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | December 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 51.4–65.4%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | December 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.2% support, likely 52.2–66.3%) | With the majority |
| Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour (Raise the Wage Act) | July 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.3% support, likely 70.6–82%) | With the majority |
| Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour (Raise the Wage Act) | July 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.9% support, likely 66.3–79.5%) | With the majority |
| Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour (Raise the Wage Act) | July 18, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.3% support, likely 57.3–75.2%) | With the majority |
| Create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought here as children (American Dream and Promise Act) | June 4, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.7% support, likely 79.2–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Give permanent resident status to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children (American Dream and Promise Act) | June 4, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.6% support, likely 72.4–84.7%) | With the majority |
| Give permanent resident status to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children (American Dream and Promise Act) | June 4, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.4% support, likely 63.7–81.1%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Equality Act) | May 17, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76% support, likely 69.5–82.5%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Equality Act) | May 17, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.6% support, likely 66–83.1%) | With the majority |
| Cap carbon emissions to combat climate change | May 2, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.5% support, likely 78.8–86.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Allow transgender people to serve in the military | March 28, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.2% support, likely 69.1–81.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require equal pay for women and men doing similar jobs (Paycheck Fairness Act) | March 27, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.7% support, likely 84.5–94.8%) | With the majority |
| Require equal pay for women and men doing similar jobs (Paycheck Fairness Act) | March 27, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (90.2% support, likely 83.2–97.2%) | With the majority |
| Require background checks for all gun purchases (Bipartisan Background Checks Act) | February 27, 2019 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (94.5% support, likely 92.4–96.6%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | February 26, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.6% support, likely 37.2–46%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41% support, likely 33.3–48.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.6% support, likely 45.7–61.5%) | Too close to call |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 25, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.1% support, likely 62.4–77.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 25, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.2% support, likely 65.9–80.5%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 25, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.6% support, likely 64.1–83.1%) | With the majority |
| No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (withhold grants from cities that limit cooperation with immigration enforcement) | June 29, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.5% support, likely 50.6–70.3%) | Against the majority |
| Kate's Law (longer prison terms for people who re-enter the U.S. illegally after deportation) | June 29, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (92.3% support, likely 84.9–99.7%) | Against the majority |
| Financial CHOICE Act (roll back the Dodd-Frank financial rules) | June 8, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (41.7% support, likely 31.9–51.4%) | Too close to call |
| Partly repeal the Affordable Care Act (American Health Care Act) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (38.2% support, likely 30.5–46%) | With the majority |
| American Health Care Act (partly repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.6% support, likely 37.8–57.4%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 3, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.1% support, likely 63.7–82.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | January 6, 2016 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.2% support, likely 46.4–62%) | Too close to call |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (79.1% support, likely 72.1–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.7% support, likely 69.5–83.9%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 18, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.8% support, likely 51–66.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 18, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.1% support, likely 54.6–73.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | May 13, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.7% support, likely 66.7–84.6%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | May 13, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.1% support, likely 54.5–75.7%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | March 26, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.4% support, likely 63–77.8%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | February 11, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (55.4% support, likely 45.6–65.1%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | February 3, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.2% support, likely 44.5–63.9%) | Too close to call |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, Donald Norcross missed 95 of 678 House votes (14%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 97.4% of the time.