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Todd Akin

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1947 in New York City, NY
Died: October 3, 2021 in Wildwood, MO

Education:

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1971
  • Covenant Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1984

Career:

  • Marketing manager, 1974-1978
  • Management director, 1977-1980
  • University instructor

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1988-2001


Election Results for Todd Akin


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 52 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,911 25.9%
2000 52 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 164,926 55.3%
2002 54 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,728 100.0%
2002 54 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 167,057 67.1%
2004 56 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 80,673 100.0%
2004 56 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 228,725 65.4%
2006 58 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,464 88.1%
2006 58 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 176,452 61.3%
2008 60 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,877 100.0%
2008 60 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 232,276 62.3%
2010 62 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 72,269 84.6%
2010 62 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 180,481 67.9%
2012 64 MO R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 217,468 36.0%
2012 64 MO R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,066,159 39.1%


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



Ideology Data for Todd Akin


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
2001 53 House 97 3 R 86 14 99 5 100
2002 54 House 98 2 R 93 7 99 0 100
2003 55 House 93 3 R 85 11 95 5 92
2004 56 House 99 0 R 94 6 99 0 100
2005 57 House 97 0 R 89 11 98 0 100
2006 58 House 97 3 R 95 5 99 0 92
2007 59 House 97 2 R 87 12 98 0 100
2008 60 House 97 0 R 77 19 98 11 96
2009 61 House 97 2 D 17 80 99 0 100
2010 62 House 86 1 D 17 66 90 0 100
2011 63 House 94 3 D 13 85 96 0 92
2012 64 House 64 0 D 8 53 63 7 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.