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Vito Fossella

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 9, 1965 in Staten Island, NY

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1987
  • Fordham University, J.D., 1994

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • New York city council, 1994-1997
  • Staten Island borough president, 2022-


Election Results for Vito Fossella


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1997 32 NY R U.S. House District 13 Special 1 79,838 61.3%
1998 33 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 76,138 64.8%
2000 35 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 109,806 64.6%
2002 37 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 72,204 69.6%
2004 39 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 112,934 59.0%
2006 41 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 59,334 56.8%


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



Ideology Data for Vito Fossella


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
1997 32 House 9 0 D 2 0 10 0 100
1998 33 House 86 14 90 9 D 23 77 98 0 96
1999 34 House 86 10 D 28 65 94 16 83
2000 35 House 86 9 D 24 74 93 0 80
2001 36 House 89 7 R 93 7 92 0 88
2002 37 House 90 6 R 86 14 93 0 92
2003 38 House 87 5 R 85 2 90 19 86
2004 39 House 84 11 R 73 18 94 22 78
2005 40 House 88 10 R 80 20 96 6 84
2006 41 House 85 13 R 92 8 97 10 75
2007 42 House 84 12 R 64 33 95 42 70
2008 43 House 78 10 R 61 28 87 21 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.