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James Clyburn

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1940 in Sumter, SC

Education:

  • Mather Academy (Camden, SC), 1957
  • South Carolina State University, B.A., 1961

Career:

  • School teacher, 1962-1965
  • SC state employment security commission, 1965-1966
  • Charleston neighborhood youth corps, 1966-1968
  • SC commission for farm workers, 1968-1971
  • Assistant to SC Governor John West, 1971-1974
  • SC human affairs commissioner, 1974-1992



Election Results for James Clyburn


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 51 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 41,415 56.1%
1992 51 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,647 65.3%
1994 53 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,476 85.7%
1994 53 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 88,635 63.8%
1996 55 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,807 87.5%
1996 55 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,132 69.4%
1998 57 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,652 83.1%
1998 57 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,507 72.6%
2000 59 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,053 71.8%
2002 61 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,106 88.8%
2002 61 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,855 67.0%
2004 63 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 161,987 67.0%
2006 65 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 100,213 64.4%
2008 67 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 193,378 67.5%
2010 69 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,138 90.1%
2010 69 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,459 62.9%
2012 71 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 218,717 93.6%
2014 73 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,429 86.0%
2014 73 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,747 72.5%
2016 75 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 177,947 70.1%
2018 77 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 144,765 70.1%
2020 79 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 197,477 68.2%
2022 81 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,729 87.9%
2022 81 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 130,923 62.0%
2024 83 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 182,056 59.5%


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




Ideology Data for James Clyburn


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 52 House 45 55 90 5 D 82 18 94 90 13
1994 53 House 36 61 93 4 D 85 10 96 78 15
1995 54 House 37 62 92 7 D 84 15 98 90 16
1996 55 House 63 33 90 9 D 82 15 97 95 5
1997 56 House 58 40 87 11 D 75 25 98 90 16
1998 57 House 33 62 93 5 D 83 18 97 95 4
1999 58 House 95 4 D 80 19 98 89 0
2000 59 House 88 9 D 70 26 97 85 8
2001 60 House 84 15 R 33 67 99 70 20
2002 61 House 95 3 R 32 64 98 95 0
2003 62 House 91 5 R 24 73 96 95 21
2004 63 House 91 7 R 30 67 95 95 13
2005 64 House 89 8 R 24 72 96 94 9
2006 65 House 93 5 R 34 66 99 95 12
2007 66 House 97 2 R 6 93 98 95 0
2008 67 House 97 1 R 19 78 98 95 0
2009 68 House 97 0 D 96 3 98 100 0
2010 69 House 98 1 D 88 7 97 95 0
2011 70 House 91 8 D 85 14 99 90 0
2012 71 House 88 7 D 78 12 95 78 4
2013 72 House 84 7 D 80 12 91 84 13
2014 73 House 95 4 D 89 8 98 79 0
2015 74 House 91 3 D 86 7 94 84 4
2016 75 House 94 2 D 98 0 94 100 0
2017 76 House 87 0 R 11 81 89 100 4
2018 77 House 97 1 R 33 67 98 83 4
2019 78 House 86 0 R 4 75 87 88 0
2020 79 House 98 1 R 6 92 98 84 4
2021 80 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 95 8
2022 81 House 98 1 D 97 0 97 3
2023 82 House 95 5 D 99 0
2024 83 House 91 9 D 99 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.