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Carl Levin

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1934 in Detroit, MI
Died: July 29, 2021 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Swarthmore College, B.A., 1956
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1959

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MI Attorney General/counsel to MI civil rights commission, 1964-1967
  • Detroit defense attorney, 1968-1969

Elected Office:

  • Detroit city council, 1969-1977

Other notes:

  • Brother of Sander Levin


Election Results for Carl Levin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 44 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 226,584 38.9%
1978 44 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,484,193 52.1%
1984 50 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,915,831 51.8%
1990 56 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 355,373 100.0%
1990 56 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,471,753 57.5%
1996 62 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 405,580 99.9%
1996 62 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 2,195,738 58.4%
2002 68 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 889,517 100.0%
2002 68 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,896,614 60.6%
2008 74 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 561,676 100.0%
2008 74 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 3,038,386 62.7%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Levin


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
1979 45 Senate 5 89 88 10 D 91 8 98 79 9
1980 46 Senate 11 86 80 17 D 72 28 97 94 0
1981 47 Senate 6 93 92 5 R 35 63 96 100 7
1982 48 Senate 5 94 92 6 R 34 63 97 95 16
1983 49 Senate 14 82 86 12 R 33 66 97 95 8
1984 50 Senate 9 85 89 8 R 34 61 92 100 14
1985 51 Senate 25 72 89 6 R 25 73 96 85 5
1986 52 Senate 11 88 91 9 R 23 77 99 90 10
1987 53 Senate 28 69 89 8 R 32 67 98 90 4
1988 54 Senate 14 84 91 6 R 42 52 97 89 0
1989 55 Senate 39 61 80 16 R 50 50 99 80 16
1990 56 Senate 35 65 82 18 R 33 66 99 78 22
1991 57 Senate 30 70 90 10 R 37 63 100 90 5
1992 58 Senate 21 76 91 8 R 32 67 99 100 0
1993 59 Senate 20 80 97 3 D 93 7 99 95 8
1994 60 Senate 16 84 92 8 D 90 10 100 95 0
1995 61 Senate 2 96 96 3 D 89 11 99 100 0
1996 62 Senate 29 71 94 6 D 86 14 100 85 5
1997 63 Senate 20 80 95 5 D 90 10 100 95 0
1998 64 Senate 13 88 95 2 D 88 7 97 95 0
1999 65 Senate 97 3 97 2 D 89 11 99 100 4
2000 66 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 92 8 100 90 12
2001 67 Senate 98 2 R 63 37 100 100 8
2002 68 Senate 96 4 R 65 35 100 95 0
2003 69 Senate 98 2 R 50 50 100 100 25
2004 70 Senate 96 4 R 66 34 100 100 0
2005 71 Senate 97 3 R 42 58 99 100 17
2006 72 Senate 94 6 R 56 44 99 100 8
2007 73 Senate 94 5 R 36 60 99 95 4
2008 74 Senate 97 2 R 35 65 99 100 0
2009 75 Senate 99 1 D 99 1 100 95 0
2010 76 Senate 99 1 D 98 2 99 95 0
2011 77 Senate 96 4 D 96 4 100 95 0
2012 78 Senate 96 4 D 96 4 100 95 8
2013 79 Senate 97 2 D 97 3 99 95 4
2014 80 Senate 96 1 D 95 1 97 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.