RightDataUSA


Joe Donnelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1955 in Queens, NY

Education:

  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1977
  • J.D., 1981

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Business owner


Election Results for Joe Donnelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 48 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,117 100.0%
2004 48 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 2 115,513 44.5%
2006 50 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,589 83.0%
2006 50 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,561 54.0%
2008 52 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 119,217 100.0%
2008 52 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 187,416 67.1%
2010 54 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,659 100.0%
2010 54 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,341 48.2%
2012 56 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 207,715 100.0%
2012 56 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,282,729 50.0%
2018 62 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 284,621 100.0%
2018 62 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,023,553 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Donnelly


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
2007 51 House 78 21 R 19 81 99 85 44
2008 52 House 80 19 R 27 73 99 70 28
2009 53 House 78 22 D 86 14 99 70 24
2010 54 House 73 26 D 73 27 99 60 25
2011 55 House 62 37 D 67 33 99 55 28
2012 56 House 49 41 D 36 58 90 26 58
2013 57 Senate 85 15 D 96 4 100 50 16
2014 58 Senate 97 2 D 97 3 99 80 12
2015 59 Senate 71 28 D 73 24 99 71 17
2016 60 Senate 57 41 D 74 26 99 63 12
2017 61 Senate 73 26 R 62 36 98 53 0
2018 62 Senate 54 45 R 68 31 99 55 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.