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Jared Polis

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 12, 1975 in Boulder, CO

Education:

  • Princeton University, B.A., 1996

Career:

  • Entrepreneur
  • Philanthropist
  • Founder, American Information Systems

Elected Office:

  • Colorado board of education, 2000-2007


Election Results for Jared Polis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 33 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,493 41.7%
2008 33 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 215,571 62.6%
2010 35 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,347 100.0%
2010 35 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,720 57.4%
2012 37 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,097 100.0%
2012 37 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 234,758 55.7%
2014 39 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,759 100.0%
2014 39 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 196,300 56.7%
2016 41 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,660 97.0%
2016 41 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 260,175 56.9%
2018 43 CO D Governor Primary 1 283,340 44.5%
2018 43 CO D Governor General 1 1,348,888 53.4%
2022 47 CO D Governor Primary 1 523,481 100.0%
2022 47 CO D Governor General 1 1,468,476 58.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jared Polis


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
2009 34 House 95 3 D 84 12 98 95 4
2010 35 House 97 3 D 80 20 98 90 4
2011 36 House 82 7 D 82 9 90 89 9
2012 37 House 85 11 D 81 7 95 89 4
2013 38 House 80 12 D 74 20 92 72 25
2014 39 House 83 6 D 80 11 90 89 13
2015 40 House 93 6 D 89 9 99 80 13
2016 41 House 95 3 D 91 6 98 95 12
2017 42 House 96 3 R 11 89 98 90 11
2018 43 House 71 6 R 22 63 69 89 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.