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Claire McCaskill

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 24, 1953 in Rolla, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, 1975
  • J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Jackson County prosecutor, 1992-1998

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1982-1988
  • MO Auditor, 1998-2006


Election Results for Claire McCaskill


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 44 MO D Auditor Primary 1 151,595 51.0%
1998 44 MO D Auditor General 1 780,178 50.3%
2002 48 MO D Auditor Primary 1 372,877 100.0%
2002 48 MO D Auditor General 1 1,090,593 60.0%
2004 50 MO D Governor Primary 1 437,780 51.6%
2004 50 MO D Governor General 2 1,301,442 47.9%
2006 52 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 282,767 80.8%
2006 52 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,055,255 49.6%
2012 58 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 289,481 100.0%
2012 58 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,494,125 54.8%
2018 64 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 501,872 82.6%
2018 64 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,112,935 45.6%


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



Ideology Data for Claire McCaskill


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 53 Senate 81 18 R 39 60 99 90 8
2008 54 Senate 79 18 R 44 54 95 89 20
2009 55 Senate 72 28 D 79 21 99 100 28
2010 56 Senate 82 15 D 90 2 96 90 17
2011 57 Senate 79 20 D 90 8 97 85 0
2012 58 Senate 74 21 D 89 4 96 84 20
2013 59 Senate 86 11 D 96 0 96 68 4
2014 60 Senate 91 2 D 88 2 93 84 9
2015 61 Senate 76 21 D 86 9 97 65 4
2016 62 Senate 81 15 D 84 6 92 84 13
2017 63 Senate 79 17 R 56 38 96 63 4
2018 64 Senate 66 33 R 59 40 99 75 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.