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David Dreier

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1952 in Kansas City, MO

Education:

  • Claremont McKenna College, B.A., 1975, M.A., 1976

Career:

  • Corporate relations director, Claremont McKenna College, 1975-1979
  • VP of Dreier Development Co.


Election Results for David Dreier


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 25 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 23,267 41.6%
1978 25 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 2 68,442 46.0%
1980 27 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 32,189 53.2%
1980 27 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 100,743 51.8%
1982 29 CA R U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 35,137 57.3%
1982 29 CA R U.S. House District 33 General 1 112,362 65.2%
1984 31 CA R U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 50,527 100.0%
1984 31 CA R U.S. House District 33 General 1 147,363 70.6%
1986 33 CA R U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 40,608 100.0%
1986 33 CA R U.S. House District 33 General 1 118,541 71.7%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 56,219 100.0%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 33 General 1 151,704 69.2%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 52,871 100.0%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 33 General 1 101,336 63.7%
1992 39 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 44,483 100.0%
1992 39 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 122,353 58.4%
1994 41 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 40,470 100.0%
1994 41 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 110,179 67.1%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 50,595 100.0%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 113,389 60.7%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 63,801 94.3%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 90,607 57.6%
2000 47 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 88,837 100.0%
2000 47 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 116,557 56.8%
2002 49 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 53,123 100.0%
2002 49 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 95,360 63.8%
2004 51 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 53,368 83.6%
2004 51 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 134,596 53.6%
2006 53 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 20,569 56.2%
2006 53 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 102,028 57.0%
2008 55 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 29,627 74.5%
2008 55 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 140,615 52.6%
2010 57 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 42,400 72.3%
2010 57 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 112,774 54.1%


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



Ideology Data for David Dreier


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
1981 28 House 93 7 95 5 R 78 21 98 5 100
1982 29 House 95 1 87 2 R 78 17 90 0 100
1983 30 House 97 2 97 2 R 85 15 98 0 100
1984 31 House 88 8 95 4 R 73 25 98 5 91
1985 32 House 91 9 92 4 R 84 14 98 10 89
1986 33 House 94 2 95 4 R 83 16 98 0 95
1987 34 House 91 9 95 5 R 80 18 98 4 96
1988 35 House 89 5 89 4 R 76 18 94 5 100
1989 36 House 83 17 77 21 R 76 24 98 0 96
1990 37 House 94 6 94 6 R 73 27 99 17 83
1991 38 House 100 0 89 10 R 84 15 97 0 100
1992 39 House 98 0 90 8 R 84 13 98 0 100
1993 40 House 93 7 94 3 D 34 64 96 0 96
1994 41 House 97 0 96 1 D 38 62 98 5 100
1995 42 House 97 0 97 2 D 17 82 99 0 80
1996 43 House 94 2 97 2 D 33 66 99 0 100
1997 44 House 95 2 93 5 D 27 72 98 0 88
1998 45 House 88 12 90 9 D 26 73 99 0 92
1999 46 House 92 8 D 28 72 99 10 80
2000 47 House 94 6 D 34 66 100 5 92
2001 48 House 96 4 R 98 0 99 10 84
2002 49 House 93 7 R 93 7 99 5 84
2003 50 House 90 5 R 95 0 95 5 88
2004 51 House 91 8 R 91 9 99 5 88
2005 52 House 96 4 R 87 13 99 0 84
2006 53 House 94 6 R 95 5 100 10 72
2007 54 House 93 5 R 84 13 99 21 88
2008 55 House 91 4 R 72 20 96 11 86
2009 56 House 85 14 D 29 71 97 5 92
2010 57 House 97 3 D 32 68 99 5 96
2011 58 House 92 7 D 31 69 98 5 80
2012 59 House 92 8 D 17 83 99 0 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.