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Jim Traficant

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 8, 1941 in Youngstown, OH
Died: September 27, 2014 in Poland, OH

Other notes:

  • Expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives on July 25, 2002, for conspiracy to commit bribery, defraud the U.S., receipt of illegal gratuities, obstruction of justice, filing false tax returns and racketeering


Election Results for Jim Traficant


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 43 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 67,511 56.3%
1984 43 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 123,014 53.3%
1986 45 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 64,733 75.5%
1986 45 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 112,855 72.3%
1988 47 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 98,341 85.9%
1988 47 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 162,526 77.2%
1990 49 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 78,470 91.9%
1990 49 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 133,207 77.7%
1992 51 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 108,658 91.5%
1992 51 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 216,503 84.2%
1994 53 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 97,460 100.0%
1994 53 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 149,004 77.4%
1996 55 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 90,714 100.0%
1996 55 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 218,263 91.0%
1998 57 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 75,390 100.0%
1998 57 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 123,718 68.2%
2000 59 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 59,415 50.5%
2000 59 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 120,333 50.0%
2002 61 OH I U.S. House District 17 General 3 28,045 15.2%
2010 69 OH I U.S. House District 17 General 3 30,556 16.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Traficant


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
1985 44 House 11 89 87 7 R 13 85 94 95 0
1986 45 House 24 76 87 13 R 10 90 99 95 9
1987 46 House 28 72 89 7 R 17 82 98 88 4
1988 47 House 37 63 89 10 R 17 83 99 95 8
1989 48 House 37 63 83 17 R 29 71 100 90 25
1990 49 House 37 63 86 14 R 19 81 100 72 13
1991 50 House 46 54 82 17 R 26 74 99 85 15
1992 51 House 42 58 84 9 R 21 78 98 89 9
1993 52 House 64 36 85 15 D 66 33 98 75 21
1994 53 House 67 33 80 20 D 68 32 99 63 33
1995 54 House 77 23 52 48 D 41 59 99 55 52
1996 55 House 92 8 50 49 D 57 43 99 55 50
1997 56 House 87 13 23 77 D 36 64 99 25 76
1998 57 House 93 5 32 66 D 46 52 97 45 64
1999 58 House 44 56 D 50 50 99 60 52
2000 59 House 22 78 D 28 72 100 30 60
2001 60 House 9 90 R 79 19 98 20 76
2002 61 House 0 0 R 0 0 0 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.