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Steven Neal

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 7, 1934 in Winston-Salem, NC

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, A.B., 1959

Career:

  • Businessman/banker, 1959-1966
  • Newspaper publisher, 1966-1974


Election Results for Steven Neal


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 39 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,379 84.7%
1974 39 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 64,634 52.0%
1976 41 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,597 88.3%
1976 41 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 98,789 54.2%
1978 43 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,778 54.2%
1980 45 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 99,117 51.0%
1982 47 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,816 86.5%
1982 47 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 87,819 60.3%
1984 49 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 61,499 90.3%
1984 49 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 109,831 50.7%
1986 51 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,410 54.1%
1988 53 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,516 52.6%
1990 55 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,814 59.1%
1992 57 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 117,835 52.7%


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



Ideology Data for Steven Neal


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
1975 40 House 54 41 64 31 R 27 72 93 72 31
1976 41 House 64 32 55 37 R 39 53 91 56 35
1977 42 House 56 37 55 38 D 66 25 91 42 50
1978 43 House 66 28 49 45 D 66 31 93 25 45
1979 44 House 66 34 59 36 D 66 29 91 41 45
1980 45 House 62 25 62 27 D 65 27 84 44 35
1981 46 House 64 29 66 27 R 42 55 92 58 25
1982 47 House 59 25 48 32 R 42 44 81 29 50
1983 48 House 55 33 64 20 R 38 50 83 74 33
1984 49 House 51 36 65 22 R 39 51 87 68 33
1985 50 House 60 33 72 17 R 36 64 90 56 32
1986 51 House 54 40 75 18 R 28 71 94 65 29
1987 52 House 74 26 73 21 R 32 67 92 71 5
1988 53 House 55 24 76 12 R 24 68 92 78 21
1989 54 House 59 41 74 16 R 29 65 89 65 15
1990 55 House 74 24 66 25 R 36 59 94 56 32
1991 56 House 62 24 68 23 R 38 58 89 61 30
1992 57 House 63 35 75 18 R 26 70 95 68 27
1993 58 House 57 23 79 12 D 72 20 91 59 29
1994 59 House 53 28 72 7 D 69 15 84 67 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.