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Joseph Lieberman

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 24, 1942 in Stamford, CT
Died: March 27, 2024 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Yale University, B.A., 1964, LL.B., 1967

Elected Office:

  • CT Senate, 1970-1980
  • CT Attorney General, 1983, 1986-1988
  • Candidate for U.S. Vice-President, 2000

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Independent Democrat in 2006 (still caucused with the Democrats)


Election Results for Joseph Lieberman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 38 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 2 103,903 46.5%
1982 40 CT D Attorney General General 1 601,711 58.1%
1986 44 CT D Attorney General General 1 613,742 64.7%
1988 46 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 688,499 49.8%
1994 52 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 723,842 67.0%
2000 58 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 828,920 63.2%
2006 64 CT D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 136,490 48.2%
2006 64 CT I U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 564,095 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Lieberman


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
1989 47 Senate 32 68 81 19 R 56 44 100 75 32
1990 48 Senate 22 78 86 13 R 37 62 99 83 22
1991 49 Senate 38 63 80 19 R 49 46 98 65 25
1992 50 Senate 37 63 77 23 R 37 63 100 70 19
1993 51 Senate 56 44 83 17 D 94 4 99 65 20
1994 52 Senate 44 53 75 24 D 85 11 97 68 8
1995 53 Senate 46 53 71 28 D 81 18 99 100 10
1996 54 Senate 63 37 75 24 D 90 10 99 75 35
1997 55 Senate 52 48 76 23 D 90 6 99 75 21
1998 56 Senate 38 63 80 20 D 83 17 100 80 16
1999 57 Senate 87 13 87 11 D 89 11 99 95 0
2000 58 Senate 88 12 82 11 D 94 6 79 83 20
2001 59 Senate 93 7 R 67 33 98 95 28
2002 60 Senate 85 14 R 76 20 98 85 20
2003 61 Senate 48 3 R 14 30 46 100 0
2004 62 Senate 84 11 R 66 27 94 79 0
2005 63 Senate 85 10 R 42 49 94 88 8
2006 64 Senate 80 14 R 57 36 90 83 17
2007 65 Senate 80 18 R 61 36 98 70 8
2008 66 Senate 79 18 R 50 46 94 85 8
2009 67 Senate 88 10 D 90 4 96 95 20
2010 68 Senate 85 13 D 95 3 98 79 4
2011 69 Senate 78 18 D 88 4 94 89 21
2012 70 Senate 89 11 D 93 4 98 84 4
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.