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Steve Israel

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 30, 1958 in Brooklyn, NY

Education:

  • Attended Syracuse University, 1977-1978
  • Nassau Community College, A.A., 1978
  • George Washington University, B.A., 1983

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Richard Ottinger, 1980-1983
  • Fundraising director, 1985-1988
  • President/CEO, Institute on Holocaust and Law, 1988-2000

Elected Office:

  • Huntington town board, 1993-2001


Election Results for Steve Israel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 42 NY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 6,004 45.4%
2000 42 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,438 47.9%
2002 44 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,451 58.5%
2004 46 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 161,593 66.6%
2006 48 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,276 70.4%
2008 50 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 161,279 66.9%
2010 52 NY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,594 56.3%
2012 54 NY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,602 57.8%
2014 56 NY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 90,032 52.6%


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



Ideology Data for Steve Israel


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
2001 43 House 80 17 R 46 51 98 90 9
2002 44 House 82 17 R 39 57 97 74 33
2003 45 House 89 10 R 31 69 98 90 24
2004 46 House 85 8 R 33 64 93 100 13
2005 47 House 93 6 R 24 76 98 89 8
2006 48 House 92 7 R 26 71 99 95 12
2007 49 House 96 2 R 3 94 97 94 0
2008 50 House 97 1 R 17 82 97 95 0
2009 51 House 96 1 D 94 3 95 100 0
2010 52 House 97 2 D 93 7 98 90 0
2011 53 House 93 6 D 93 7 99 85 0
2012 54 House 93 5 D 81 12 97 80 8
2013 55 House 92 7 D 87 11 99 84 16
2014 56 House 94 5 D 91 9 98 80 8
2015 57 House 95 3 D 93 6 98 79 0
2016 58 House 95 2 D 91 4 96 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.