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Juanita McDonald

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 7, 1938 in Birmingham, AL
Died: April 22, 2007 in Carson, CA

Education:

  • University of Redlands, B.A., 1981
  • California State University, M.Ed., 1988

Career:

  • School teacher/administrator, 1981-1991

Elected Office:

  • Carson city council, 1990-1992
  • CA Assembly, 1993-1996


Election Results for Juanita McDonald


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 57 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 10,213 23.7%
1996 57 CA D U.S. House District 37 Special 1 13,097 27.2%
1996 57 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 87,247 85.0%
1998 59 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 31,995 70.5%
1998 59 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 70,026 85.1%
2000 61 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 58,646 100.0%
2000 61 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 93,269 82.3%
2002 63 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 25,032 77.5%
2002 63 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 63,445 72.9%
2004 65 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 27,047 64.9%
2004 65 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 118,823 75.1%
2006 67 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 28,480 75.8%
2006 67 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 80,716 82.4%


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



Ideology Data for Juanita McDonald


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
1996 57 House 27 71 92 7 D 84 16 98 83 0
1997 58 House 22 78 94 5 D 81 19 98 90 12
1998 59 House 14 74 89 4 D 78 15 92 100 4
1999 60 House 95 1 D 85 15 95 100 0
2000 61 House 95 2 D 82 12 95 90 8
2001 62 House 93 4 R 26 72 94 95 4
2002 63 House 91 3 R 25 68 89 100 0
2003 64 House 86 1 R 11 76 86 94 10
2004 65 House 81 4 R 30 48 86 100 9
2005 66 House 82 2 R 11 76 83 100 0
2006 67 House 86 4 R 24 71 89 100 8
2007 68 House 12 0 R 0 10 14 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.