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Jesse Jackson, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 11, 1965 in Greenville, SC

Education:

  • North Carolina A&T University, B.S., 1987
  • Chicago Theological Seminary, M.A., 1989
  • University of Illinois, J.D., 1993

Career:

  • Secretary of DNC's Black Caucus
  • Field director for Rainbow Coalition, 1993-1995


Election Results for Jesse Jackson, Jr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1995 30 IL D U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 1 30,017 48.2%
1995 30 IL D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 48,145 76.0%
1996 31 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,923 100.0%
1996 31 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 172,648 94.1%
1998 33 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,297 100.0%
1998 33 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,985 89.4%
2000 35 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,784 100.0%
2000 35 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 175,995 89.8%
2002 37 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 100,370 85.3%
2002 37 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 151,443 82.3%
2004 39 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 106,506 88.5%
2004 39 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 207,535 88.5%
2006 41 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 90,656 100.0%
2006 41 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 146,347 84.8%
2008 43 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 140,567 100.0%
2008 43 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 251,052 89.4%
2010 45 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,662 100.0%
2010 45 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 150,666 80.5%
2012 47 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,109 71.2%
2012 47 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 188,303 63.3%


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



Ideology Data for Jesse Jackson, 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
1995 30 House 3 0 D 2 1 3 100 0
1996 31 House 12 88 96 4 D 85 15 100 100 0
1997 32 House 15 85 95 5 D 79 21 100 100 4
1998 33 House 0 100 96 4 D 83 17 100 100 8
1999 34 House 96 4 D 85 15 100 100 8
2000 35 House 96 4 D 76 24 99 100 4
2001 36 House 95 5 R 16 84 99 95 0
2002 37 House 96 4 R 25 75 100 90 0
2003 38 House 98 2 R 9 91 100 100 8
2004 39 House 98 2 R 21 79 100 100 0
2005 40 House 98 2 R 13 87 99 100 0
2006 41 House 98 2 R 21 79 100 100 4
2007 42 House 99 0 R 2 98 100 100 0
2008 43 House 99 1 R 16 84 100 100 4
2009 44 House 98 0 D 99 1 97 95 0
2010 45 House 98 2 D 78 22 99 100 0
2011 46 House 91 2 D 68 19 93 100 4
2012 47 House 50 1 D 44 3 50 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.