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Dave Loebsack

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 23, 1952 in Sioux City, IA

Education:

  • Iowa State University, B.S., 1974
  • M.A., 1976
  • University of California-Davis, Ph.D., 1985

Career:

  • Professor


Election Results for Dave Loebsack


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 53 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,683 51.4%
2008 55 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,084 98.9%
2008 55 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 21,084 98.9%
2008 55 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 175,218 57.2%
2010 57 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,324 100.0%
2010 57 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 115,839 51.0%
2012 59 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,467 81.5%
2012 59 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 211,863 55.6%
2014 61 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,154 99.3%
2014 61 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,431 52.5%
2016 63 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,738 99.0%
2016 63 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 198,571 53.7%
2018 65 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,378 99.3%
2018 65 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 171,446 54.8%


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



Ideology Data for Dave Loebsack


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
2007 54 House 96 3 R 2 97 99 100 0
2008 55 House 90 3 R 14 80 93 100 0
2009 56 House 94 3 D 96 3 97 100 0
2010 57 House 97 3 D 95 5 98 95 4
2011 58 House 88 10 D 81 18 98 85 4
2012 59 House 87 12 D 71 29 98 70 16
2013 60 House 88 12 D 71 29 99 75 8
2014 61 House 90 10 D 70 29 99 55 4
2015 62 House 93 5 D 78 18 98 75 4
2016 63 House 97 3 D 98 2 99 100 0
2017 64 House 93 6 R 19 81 98 90 0
2018 65 House 88 11 R 59 41 98 58 8
2019 66 House 97 2 R 4 96 97 85 7
2020 67 House 96 2 R 6 81 97 84 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.