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George Voinovich

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 15, 1936 in Cleveland, OH
Died: June 12, 2016 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Ohio University, B.A., 1958
  • Ohio State University, J.D., 1961

Career:

  • Assistant OH Attorney General, 1963-1964
  • Cuyahoga County auditor, 1971-1976

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1967-1971
  • Cuyahoga County commissioner, 1977-1978
  • OH Lt. Governor, 1979
  • Mayor of Cleveland, 1979-1989


Election Results for George Voinovich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 41 OH R Lt. Governor Primary 1 0 0.0%
1978 41 OH R Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
1988 51 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 636,806 100.0%
1988 51 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,872,716 43.0%
1990 53 OH R Governor Primary 1 750,781 100.0%
1990 53 OH R Governor General 1 1,938,103 55.7%
1994 57 OH R Governor Primary 1 750,779 100.0%
1994 57 OH R Governor General 1 2,401,572 71.8%
1998 61 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 543,833 72.3%
1998 61 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,922,087 56.5%
2004 67 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 640,082 76.6%
2004 67 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,464,651 63.9%


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



Ideology Data for George Voinovich


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
1999 62 Senate 87 13 84 13 D 45 55 97 21 88
2000 63 Senate 78 22 77 22 D 59 41 99 10 64
2001 64 Senate 91 8 R 90 6 97 15 83
2002 65 Senate 85 12 R 89 2 94 5 90
2003 66 Senate 92 7 R 92 5 98 15 83
2004 67 Senate 85 12 R 90 10 98 30 76
2005 68 Senate 84 16 R 91 9 99 16 68
2006 69 Senate 76 23 R 89 11 99 20 56
2007 70 Senate 68 31 R 77 18 98 26 48
2008 71 Senate 66 34 R 74 26 99 20 52
2009 72 Senate 56 41 D 76 21 96 37 71
2010 73 Senate 64 30 D 59 35 94 30 63
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.