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Charles Schumer

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 23, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1971, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1975-1980


Election Results for Charles Schumer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 29 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 23,260 58.8%
1980 29 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 67,343 77.5%
1982 31 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,852 79.2%
1984 33 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 115,867 72.4%
1986 35 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,318 93.3%
1988 37 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 107,056 78.4%
1990 39 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 61,468 80.4%
1992 41 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 116,545 88.6%
1994 43 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,139 72.6%
1996 45 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 107,107 74.8%
1998 47 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 388,701 50.8%
1998 47 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,551,065 54.6%
2004 53 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 4,769,824 71.2%
2010 59 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,047,111 66.3%
2016 65 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 5,221,967 70.6%
2022 71 NY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,320,561 56.7%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Schumer


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
1981 30 House 12 83 83 11 R 30 67 90 100 0
1982 31 House 7 92 91 4 R 29 64 93 100 0
1983 32 House 13 84 89 5 R 23 73 94 90 0
1984 33 House 3 93 87 6 R 29 68 93 95 5
1985 34 House 7 84 84 7 R 28 64 93 90 16
1986 35 House 14 82 88 5 R 17 78 94 89 5
1987 36 House 9 86 88 4 R 18 76 93 88 9
1988 37 House 5 92 90 5 R 20 77 96 100 4
1989 38 House 10 88 91 2 R 26 70 93 95 0
1990 39 House 6 89 89 6 R 19 78 96 94 4
1991 40 House 19 78 89 6 R 28 70 96 85 0
1992 41 House 13 81 90 5 R 18 76 94 95 0
1993 42 House 16 84 93 3 D 81 17 96 95 9
1994 43 House 31 69 86 5 D 79 17 93 89 5
1995 44 House 26 67 83 10 D 81 12 94 84 4
1996 45 House 22 69 86 9 D 80 16 95 90 5
1997 46 House 27 67 82 9 D 69 15 91 100 19
1998 47 House 14 57 79 5 D 67 12 79 100 9
1999 48 Senate 94 6 95 5 D 91 9 99 100 4
2000 49 Senate 97 3 95 3 D 98 2 98 95 12
2001 50 Senate 91 8 R 63 37 99 95 16
2002 51 Senate 95 4 R 67 30 98 85 10
2003 52 Senate 96 4 R 46 51 99 95 10
2004 53 Senate 91 9 R 71 29 100 100 12
2005 54 Senate 93 7 R 33 67 99 100 8
2006 55 Senate 92 7 R 49 46 98 100 4
2007 56 Senate 95 3 R 32 64 97 95 0
2008 57 Senate 98 2 R 33 67 99 100 4
2009 58 Senate 99 1 D 99 1 100 95 0
2010 59 Senate 99 0 D 100 0 99 95 0
2011 60 Senate 97 2 D 97 2 96 95 0
2012 61 Senate 97 3 D 98 1 100 95 0
2013 62 Senate 99 0 D 100 0 100 95 4
2014 63 Senate 99 0 D 99 1 99 90 0
2015 64 Senate 97 2 D 84 15 99 100 0
2016 65 Senate 99 1 D 94 6 100 100 4
2017 66 Senate 99 1 R 32 68 100 100 0
2018 67 Senate 98 2 R 33 66 99 95 9
2019 68 Senate 99 0 R 25 75 100 95 0
2020 69 Senate 100 0 R 19 81 100 100 4
2021 70 Senate 99 1 D 95 5 100 90 5
2022 71 Senate 94 3 D 92 1 97 6
2023 72 Senate 92 4 D 99 2
2024 73 Senate 88 12 D 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.