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Bill Cassidy

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1957 in Highland Park, IL

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, B.S., 1979
  • M.D., 1983

Career:

  • Physician
  • Co-founder, Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, 1998
  • Associate professor of medicine, Louisiana State University

Elected Office:

  • LA Senate, 2006-2008


Election Results for Bill Cassidy


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 50 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 150,332 48.1%
2010 52 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,607 65.6%
2012 54 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 243,553 79.4%
2014 56 LA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Open Primary 2 603,048 40.9%
2014 56 LA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 712,379 55.9%
2020 62 LA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,228,908 59.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Cassidy


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
2009 51 House 89 8 D 39 61 96 20 88
2010 52 House 91 8 D 34 61 97 5 91
2011 53 House 92 6 D 23 76 99 0 79
2012 54 House 93 4 D 17 80 96 11 92
2013 55 House 95 4 D 10 89 98 10 80
2014 56 House 89 6 D 14 77 91 5 75
2015 57 Senate 95 4 D 51 45 99 0 92
2016 58 Senate 85 15 D 52 45 99 0 68
2017 59 Senate 99 1 R 99 1 99 0 80
2018 60 Senate 93 6 R 98 2 98 0 86
2019 61 Senate 91 0 R 93 2 91 0 81
2020 62 Senate 95 4 R 94 5 98 10 83
2021 63 Senate 86 11 D 52 48 97 10 66
2022 64 Senate 81 16 D 26 71 98 59
2023 65 Senate 78 14 D 96 68
2024 66 Senate 78 16 D 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.