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Emanuel Cleaver

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 26, 1944 in Waxahachie, TX

Education:

  • Prairie View A&M University, B.S., 1972
  • St. Paul School of Theology, M.Div., 1974

Career:

  • Pastor
  • Radio show host

Elected Office:

  • Kansas City council, 1979-1991
  • Mayor of Kansas City, 1991-1999


Election Results for Emanuel Cleaver


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 59 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 72,810 60.0%
2004 59 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 161,727 55.2%
2006 61 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,734 100.0%
2006 61 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 136,149 64.2%
2008 63 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,260 100.0%
2008 63 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 197,249 64.4%
2010 65 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,117 100.0%
2010 65 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 102,076 53.3%
2012 67 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,712 100.0%
2012 67 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 200,290 60.5%
2014 69 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 44,296 82.0%
2014 69 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 79,256 51.6%
2016 71 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,755 88.2%
2016 71 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 190,766 58.8%
2018 73 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 87,584 100.0%
2018 73 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 175,019 61.7%
2020 75 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 75,040 85.3%
2020 75 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 207,180 58.8%
2022 77 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 60,399 85.6%
2022 77 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,688 61.0%


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



Ideology Data for Emanuel Cleaver


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
2005 60 House 93 4 R 22 76 98 100 8
2006 61 House 88 6 R 32 61 95 95 9
2007 62 House 95 1 R 3 94 97 95 0
2008 63 House 97 1 R 13 84 98 100 4
2009 64 House 97 1 D 94 4 98 100 0
2010 65 House 93 2 D 80 20 95 100 0
2011 66 House 93 4 D 77 20 97 100 8
2012 67 House 90 4 D 85 8 93 95 0
2013 68 House 87 4 D 81 11 92 89 16
2014 69 House 87 1 D 80 8 87 89 0
2015 70 House 85 2 D 86 6 88 100 4
2016 71 House 89 2 D 85 2 93 100 0
2017 72 House 87 1 R 11 81 88 100 4
2018 73 House 92 3 R 30 70 95 83 4
2019 74 House 97 1 R 4 94 97 90 7
2020 75 House 89 1 R 6 86 90 100 0
2021 76 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 90 5
2022 77 House 99 1 D 100 0 100 3
2023 78 House 79 4 D 84 2
2024 79 House 65 6 D 72 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.