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Carrie Meek

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1926 in Tallahassee, FL
Died: November 28, 2021 in Miami, FL

Education:

  • Florida A&M University, B.A., 1946
  • University of Michigan, M.S., 1948

Career:

  • Community college administrator, 1949-1992

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1979-1983
  • FL Senate, 1983-1993

Other notes:

  • Mother of Kendrick Meek



Election Results for Carrie Meek


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 66 FL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,262 82.5%
1992 66 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 102,784 100.0%
1994 68 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
1996 70 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 114,638 88.8%
1998 72 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 74 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 100,715 100.0%


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




Ideology Data for Carrie Meek


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 67 House 43 57 90 6 D 91 7 94 75 9
1994 68 House 31 64 92 3 D 83 14 95 95 10
1995 69 House 26 64 86 6 D 82 14 91 95 8
1996 70 House 45 53 88 9 D 76 18 97 89 5
1997 71 House 53 44 82 12 D 71 29 94 89 17
1998 72 House 29 69 86 6 D 80 12 94 100 4
1999 73 House 93 4 D 78 19 96 100 0
2000 74 House 83 7 D 74 24 89 80 8
2001 75 House 82 10 R 23 63 88 94 9
2002 76 House 88 5 R 32 64 92 95 0
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.