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Elliott Levitas

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 26, 1930 in Atlanta, GA
Died: December 16, 2022 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Emory University, B.A., 1952, J.D., 1956
  • Attended University of Michigan Law School, 1954-1955
  • Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1955-1958

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1965-1974


Election Results for Elliott Levitas


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,137 62.8%
1974 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 61,211 55.1%
1976 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,929 100.0%
1976 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 110,261 68.3%
1978 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,942 84.5%
1978 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 60,284 80.9%
1980 49 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,806 100.0%
1980 49 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,091 69.4%
1982 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 38,758 65.5%
1984 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,475 100.0%
1984 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 2 106,376 46.9%


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



Ideology Data for Elliott Levitas


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
1975 44 House 55 44 58 41 R 36 62 98 32 58
1976 45 House 67 31 40 55 R 43 55 96 40 54
1977 46 House 71 28 49 50 D 65 35 97 30 61
1978 47 House 62 35 50 49 D 58 41 97 20 29
1979 48 House 72 27 53 44 D 59 39 97 21 56
1980 49 House 71 20 54 43 D 57 36 96 33 72
1981 50 House 64 33 63 36 R 47 43 95 35 36
1982 51 House 73 23 51 45 R 55 42 96 16 50
1983 52 House 73 25 58 38 R 41 54 95 40 57
1984 53 House 73 24 57 42 R 48 50 99 32 48
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.