Election results and ideology ratings for Elijah Cummings -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 18, 1951 in Baltimore, MD
Died: October 24, 2019 in Baltimore, MD

Election Results for Elijah Cummings

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1996	45	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Special Primary	1	23,156	35.0%
1996	45	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Special	1	18,870	80.9%
1996	45	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	115,764	83.5%

1998	47	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	47,293	91.4%
1998	47	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	112,699	85.7%

2000	49	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	49,068	100.0%
2000	49	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	134,066	87.1%

2002	51	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	67,938	89.3%
2002	51	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	137,047	73.5%

2004	53	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	53,015	91.4%
2004	53	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	179,189	73.4%

2006	55	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	73,335	100.0%
2006	55	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	158,830	98.1%

2008	57	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	98,027	93.0%
2008	57	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	227,379	79.5%

2010	59	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	59,649	91.0%
2010	59	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	152,669	75.2%

2012	61	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	49,625	92.8%
2012	61	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	247,770	76.5%

2014	63	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	69,790	90.6%
2014	63	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	144,639	69.9%

2016	65	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	130,555	92.1%
2016	65	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	238,838	74.9%

2018	67	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	81,679	91.5%
2018	67	MD	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	202,345	76.4%

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

Ideology Data for Elijah Cummings

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1996	45	House			64	5	D	52	16	71	92	0
1997	46	House	22	73	93	6	D	76	23	98	100	4
1998	47	House	26	74	95	5	D	82	17	99	100	4
1999	48	House			97	1	D	81	19	98	100	0
2000	49	House			94	3	D	84	14	96	100	4
2001	50	House			94	5	R	19	81	97	95	4
2002	51	House			95	5	R	25	75	98	95	0
2003	52	House			93	3	R	13	78	96	100	14
2004	53	House			96	2	R	27	70	95	100	0
2005	54	House			94	3	R	17	83	96	100	4
2006	55	House			95	4	R	21	79	98	100	8
2007	56	House			96	2	R	2	97	97	100	0
2008	57	House			95	1	R	13	84	95	100	5
2009	58	House			98	2	D	94	3	98	100	0
2010	59	House			97	1	D	90	10	96	100	0
2011	60	House			96	3	D	82	18	99	95	4
2012	61	House			94	3	D	83	12	97	100	0
2013	62	House			95	3	D	88	10	96	95	12
2014	63	House			99	1	D	91	9	99	95	8
2015	64	House			97	0	D	93	6	97	100	5
2016	65	House			98	1	D	100	0	98	100	0
2017	66	House			65	0	R	8	72	66	100	7
2018	67	House			68	1	R	19	44	68	100	5
2019	68	House			68	0	R	0	56	69	100	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.