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Eva Clayton

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 16, 1934 in Savannah, GA

Education:

  • Johnson C. Smith University, B.S., 1955
  • North Carolina Central University, M.S., 1962

Career:

  • Assistant NC Secretary for Economic Development, 1977-1981
  • Corporate owner/president, 1981-1992

Elected Office:

  • Warren County commissioner, 1982-1990


Election Results for Eva Clayton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 33 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 23,419 30.3%
1992 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 27,477 31.2%
1992 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary Runoff 1 43,210 54.7%
1992 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,078 67.0%
1994 59 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 66,827 61.1%
1996 61 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,759 65.9%
1998 63 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,789 66.8%
1998 63 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,125 62.2%
2000 65 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,171 65.6%


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



Ideology Data for Eva Clayton


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
1993 58 House 14 86 93 2 D 76 23 95 100 0
1994 59 House 22 78 93 2 D 81 18 97 100 0
1995 60 House 20 80 93 4 D 88 11 97 100 8
1996 61 House 37 61 92 6 D 84 14 98 100 5
1997 62 House 33 64 88 6 D 71 24 95 100 4
1998 63 House 33 55 90 5 D 80 17 94 100 0
1999 64 House 92 5 D 76 20 95 100 0
2000 65 House 90 7 D 78 20 97 70 16
2001 66 House 94 4 R 19 79 99 100 0
2002 67 House 90 3 R 29 68 91 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.