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Floyd Flake

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 30, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • Wilberforce University, B.A., 1967
  • Payne Theological Seminary, M.A., 1970
  • United Theological Seminary, Ph.D., 1994

Career:

  • Social worker, 1968-1969
  • Marketing analyst, 1969-1970
  • College dean, 1970-1976
  • Pastor


Election Results for Floyd Flake


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 41 NY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,328 48.5%
1986 41 NY Unity U.S. House District 06 Special 2 12,376 30.3%
1986 41 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 58,317 67.7%
1988 43 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 94,506 85.9%
1990 45 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 44,306 73.1%
1992 47 NY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 36,343 76.7%
1992 47 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,972 81.0%
1994 49 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 68,596 80.4%
1996 51 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 102,799 84.9%


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



Ideology Data for Floyd Flake


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
1987 42 House 12 70 79 2 R 13 75 84 92 5
1988 43 House 5 82 82 3 R 14 74 88 100 0
1989 44 House 7 93 85 4 R 27 67 89 95 4
1990 45 House 9 80 85 5 R 14 81 89 94 4
1991 46 House 0 95 87 4 R 23 65 90 100 0
1992 47 House 10 83 87 3 R 10 76 89 95 0
1993 48 House 11 77 91 3 D 72 21 91 90 4
1994 49 House 14 72 86 1 D 74 14 88 100 0
1995 50 House 18 77 85 5 D 80 12 90 100 8
1996 51 House 22 61 80 5 D 70 11 83 89 6
1997 52 House 44 40 69 12 D 64 20 78 79 28
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.