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Cardiss Collins

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 24, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
Died: February 3, 2013 in Alexandria, VA

Education:

  • Attended Northwestern University

Career:

  • Secretary/stenographer

Other notes:

  • Wife of George Collins


Election Results for Cardiss Collins


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1973 41 IL D U.S. House District 07 Special Primary 1 30,941 84.8%
1973 41 IL D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 33,875 92.5%
1974 42 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 63,962 87.9%
1976 44 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 88,239 84.8%
1978 46 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,817 71.8%
1978 46 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 64,716 86.3%
1980 48 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,420 78.0%
1980 48 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 80,056 85.1%
1982 50 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,978 86.5%
1984 52 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,047 48.5%
1984 52 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 135,493 78.4%
1986 54 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,249 60.6%
1986 54 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 90,761 80.2%
1988 56 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 69,624 89.2%
1988 56 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 135,331 100.0%
1990 58 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,763 81.6%
1990 58 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 80,021 79.9%
1992 60 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 66,976 88.2%
1992 60 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 182,811 81.1%
1994 62 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 40,027 100.0%
1994 62 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 93,457 79.6%


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



Ideology Data for Cardiss Collins


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
1973 41 House 9 81 84 4 R 24 63 84 100 11
1974 42 House 5 82 85 6 R 28 51 92 74* 16
1975 43 House 9 71 75 6 R 33 46 78 100 6
1976 44 House 6 71 82 3 R 24 57 82 100 3
1977 45 House 8 74 78 4 D 61 22 82 94 3
1978 46 House 7 64 71 5 D 54 14 73 88 4
1979 47 House 6 78 74 7 D 64 16 80 100 0
1980 48 House 2 68 66 5 D 52 28 71 100 13
1981 49 House 4 85 83 7 R 28 70 88 95 0
1982 50 House 7 85 86 6 R 25 65 90 95 0
1983 51 House 7 88 85 3 R 5 80 86 95 0
1984 52 House 5 83 82 5 R 21 65 87 100 4
1985 53 House 2 89 87 1 R 16 76 87 100 5
1986 54 House 6 84 78 3 R 12 71 81 100 0
1987 55 House 0 86 85 2 R 8 85 85 96 0
1988 56 House 3 84 87 2 R 16 70 90 100 0
1989 57 House 2 51 51 0 R 14 38 52 100 0
1990 58 House 9 81 87 3 R 10 82 88 100 5
1991 59 House 5 89 88 2 R 23 73 90 100 0
1992 60 House 13 65 85 2 R 9 70 86 94 0
1993 61 House 5 93 94 2 D 77 22 95 100 0
1994 62 House 3 78 81 3 D 58 24 85 100 6
1995 63 House 3 83 89 1 D 85 6 90 100 4
1996 64 House 8 67 68 1 D 63 9 69 100 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.