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Albert Gore, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 31, 1948 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended Vanderbilt University, 1971-1972, 1974-1976
  • Harvard University, B.A., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1969-1971 (Vietnam)

Career:

  • Reporter for Nashville Tennesseean, 1971-1976

Elected Office:

  • U.S. Vice-President, 1993-2001


Election Results for Albert Gore, Jr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 28 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,680 32.0%
1976 28 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,392 94.0%
1978 30 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,695 100.0%
1980 32 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,886 92.3%
1980 32 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 137,612 79.3%
1982 34 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 104,094 100.0%
1984 36 TN D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,000,607 60.7%
1990 42 TN D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 530,898 67.7%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Gore, Jr.


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
1977 29 House 35 64 77 22 D 77 23 99 45 29
1978 30 House 30 66 75 21 D 68 28 95 65 9
1979 31 House 38 62 83 16 D 78 21 99 74 13
1980 32 House 46 54 85 15 D 77 22 99 50 11
1981 33 House 47 53 80 17 R 39 59 99 70 17
1982 34 House 47 53 89 11 R 45 52 99 70 19
1983 35 House 39 58 77 13 R 29 61 91 75 20
1984 36 House 56 34 69 22 R 46 45 90 65 23
1985 37 Senate 50 50 86 14 R 34 66 99 65 14
1986 38 Senate 33 67 83 17 R 29 71 99 70 10
1987 39 Senate 9 25 49 2 R 10 41 43 100 5
1988 40 Senate 11 35 57 4 R 33 30 61 82 9
1989 41 Senate 58 37 68 18 R 56 30 89 60 22
1990 42 Senate 41 59 93 7 R 38 62 99 78 9
1991 43 Senate 35 65 86 14 R 46 54 100 75 14
1992 44 Senate 13 34 56 4 R 22 47 56 86 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.