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Cynthia McKinney

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 17, 1955 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Univeristy of Southern California, B.A., 1978

Career:

  • Adjunct professor, 1991-1992

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1988-1992


Election Results for Cynthia McKinney


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 37 GA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,160 31.2%
1992 37 GA D U.S. House District 11 Primary Runoff 1 39,301 56.0%
1992 37 GA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,168 73.1%
1994 39 GA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 39,013 100.0%
1994 39 GA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 71,560 65.6%
1996 41 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,508 67.5%
1996 41 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 127,157 57.8%
1998 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,648 100.0%
1998 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 100,622 61.1%
2000 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,629 100.0%
2000 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 139,579 60.7%
2002 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 49,058 41.7%
2004 49 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,512 50.8%
2004 49 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 157,461 63.8%
2006 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,216 47.1%
2006 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 2 28,915 41.2%


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



Ideology Data for Cynthia McKinney


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
1993 38 House 7 91 93 2 D 76 23 95 100 0
1994 39 House 3 97 98 1 D 77 23 99 100 0
1995 40 House 8 74 90 2 D 79 14 92 100 13
1996 41 House 4 94 94 2 D 80 20 96 100 0
1997 42 House 16 73 83 9 D 72 16 92 100 13
1998 43 House 10 90 92 8 D 87 13 99 100 8
1999 44 House 91 6 D 69 26 94 100 8
2000 45 House 90 8 D 62 36 96 95 13
2001 46 House 88 5 R 14 77 93 100 4
2002 47 House 78 8 R 18 71 86 85 8
2005 50 House 95 3 R 15 83 96 100 4
2006 51 House 81 3 R 5 66 81 100 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.