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Neil Abercrombie

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 26, 1938 in Buffalo, NY

Education:

  • Williamsville High School (Williamsville, NY), 1955
  • Union College, B.A., 1959
  • University of Hawaii, M.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1974

Elected Office:

  • HI House, 1974-1978
  • HI Senate, 1978-1986
  • Honolulu city council, 1988-1990
  • Resigned from Congress on February 28, 2010


Election Results for Neil Abercrombie


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 32 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 3 17,058 13.5%
1986 48 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 45,107 39.2%
1986 48 HI D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 42,031 29.9%
1990 52 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,480 45.5%
1990 52 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,622 60.0%
1992 54 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 129,332 72.9%
1994 56 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 65,145 66.5%
1994 56 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,754 53.6%
1996 58 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 65,732 71.7%
1996 58 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,732 50.4%
1998 60 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,492 91.3%
1998 60 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,693 61.6%
2000 62 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 72,289 84.6%
2000 62 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,517 69.0%
2002 64 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 69,222 100.0%
2002 64 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,673 72.9%
2004 66 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 73,934 100.0%
2004 66 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 128,567 63.0%
2006 68 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 82,169 79.1%
2006 68 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,904 69.4%
2008 70 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 76,140 100.0%
2008 70 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 154,208 77.1%
2010 72 HI D Governor Primary 1 142,304 60.1%
2010 72 HI D Governor General 1 222,724 58.2%
2014 76 HI D Governor Primary 2 73,507 31.5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Neil Abercrombie


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1986 48 House 15 1 R 3 8 18 100 0
1991 53 House 8 92 95 2 R 21 78 98 100 0
1992 54 House 2 92 92 2 R 9 89 96 95 0
1993 55 House 14 86 90 5 D 69 23 93 100 4
1994 56 House 17 81 95 2 D 71 27 97 100 0
1995 57 House 23 73 87 8 D 80 16 95 90 8
1996 58 House 47 53 89 10 D 76 22 99 90 0
1997 59 House 33 67 85 13 D 72 27 98 95 20
1998 60 House 24 76 91 8 D 82 18 99 95 12
1999 61 House 89 10 D 69 28 97 100 4
2000 62 House 84 13 D 62 34 93 80 12
2001 63 House 78 19 R 33 60 95 90 8
2002 64 House 87 11 R 25 68 96 85 12
2003 65 House 92 6 R 16 84 98 95 12
2004 66 House 89 6 R 15 79 94 89 0
2005 67 House 89 8 R 15 85 97 100 12
2006 68 House 91 8 R 18 82 96 90 12
2007 69 House 91 3 R 5 89 93 100 4
2008 70 House 94 4 R 18 82 95 95 8
2009 71 House 92 1 D 93 2 89 100 0
2010 72 House 6 0 D 7 0 7 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.