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Susan Molinari

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 27, 1958 in Staten Island, NY

Education:

  • SUNY (Albany), B.A., 1980, M.A., 1982

Career:

  • Assistant to National Republican Governors Association, 1981-1982
  • Ethnic Liaison to RNC, 1983-1984

Elected Office:

  • New York city council, 1986-1990

Other notes:

  • Daughter of Guy Molinari


Election Results for Susan Molinari


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 32 NY R U.S. House District 14 Special 1 29,336 59.0%
1990 32 NY R U.S. House District 14 General 1 58,616 60.1%
1992 34 NY R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 10,136 74.7%
1992 34 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 107,903 56.1%
1994 36 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 96,491 71.4%
1996 38 NY R U.S. House District 13 General 1 94,660 61.6%


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



Ideology Data for Susan Molinari


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
1990 32 House 79 19 70 28 R 56 44 93 31 57
1991 33 House 76 24 72 28 R 62 33 97 30 70
1992 34 House 81 19 77 21 R 65 33 98 35 63
1993 35 House 84 16 80 20 D 52 47 99 25 71
1994 36 House 83 17 83 16 D 60 40 99 21 71
1995 37 House 92 8 91 9 D 27 73 99 10 72
1996 38 House 67 16 69 13 D 33 47 82 24 88
1997 39 House 39 5 D 33 38 43 11 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.