Election results and ideology ratings for Sidney Yates -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 27, 1909 in Chicago, IL
Died: October 5, 2000 in Washington, DC

Election Results for Sidney Yates

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1948	38	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	91,271	54.5%

1950	40	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	32,715	100.0%
1950	40	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	74,699	51.8%

1952	42	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	26,842	100.0%
1952	42	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	87,285	52.4%

1954	44	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	19,956	100.0%
1954	44	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	73,187	60.3%

1956	46	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	30,093	91.2%
1956	46	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	75,511	54.0%

1958	48	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	27,595	100.0%
1958	48	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	70,989	67.0%

1960	50	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	28,864	100.0%
1960	50	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	80,681	60.0%

1962	52	IL	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	744,128	77.2%
1962	52	IL	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	2	1,748,007	47.1%

1964	54	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	113,851	63.9%

1966	56	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	96,746	59.9%

1968	58	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	119,032	64.4%

1970	60	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	111,955	75.8%

1972	62	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	131,777	68.3%

1974	64	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	93,864	100.0%

1976	66	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	121,915	72.1%

1978	68	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	40,570	87.2%
1978	68	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	87,543	75.3%

1980	70	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	44,341	87.0%
1980	70	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	106,543	73.1%

1982	72	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	36,315	83.6%
1982	72	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	114,083	66.5%

1984	74	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	76,685	80.0%
1984	74	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	144,879	67.5%

1986	76	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	36,513	84.3%
1986	76	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	92,738	71.6%

1988	78	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	135,583	66.1%

1990	80	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	53,758	69.9%
1990	80	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	96,557	71.2%

1992	82	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	63,211	64.5%
1992	82	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	162,942	68.0%

1994	84	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	60,644	74.6%
1994	84	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	94,404	66.1%

1996	86	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	44,259	83.9%
1996	86	IL	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	124,319	63.4%

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

Ideology Data for Sidney Yates

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1949	39	House			94	2	D			93	100
1950	40	House			85	11	D			81	100
1951	41	House			85	9	D			89	100
1952	42	House			89	5	D			90	100
1953	43	House			68	26	R	64		79	100
1954	44	House			83	3	R	61	37	82	100
1955	45	House			71	10	R	61	27	88	100
1956	46	House			66	34	R	79	21	99	100
1957	47	House			76	17	R	58	38	92	89
1958	48	House			78	22	R	76	20	95	100
1959	49	House	7	87	85	10	R	54	46	94	100
1960	50	House	5	93	76	16	R	60	37	94	100
1961	51	House	9	91	93	3	D	97	2	97	100	7
1962	52	House	0	56	58	0	D	65	0	45	100	0
1965	55	House	6	90	86	9	D	85	4	92	89	18
1966	56	House	8	86	76	11	D	76	10	87	94	19
1967	57	House	7	89	85	8	D	83	8	92	100	8
1968	58	House	4	92	80	12	D	79	14	93	100	9
1969	59	House	9	89	82	11	R	53	43	93	100	13
1970	60	House	2	91	79	15	R	54	37	90	100	6
1971	61	House	1	99	92	8	R	30	70	98	100	0
1972	62	House	5	88	83	13	R	46	49	92	100	0
1973	63	House	9	90	85	13	R	37	62	96	96	8
1974	64	House	8	88	83	13	R	43	57	97	100*	5
1975	65	House	8	86	89	7	R	39	60	95	100	3
1976	66	House	13	87	89	8	R	31	69	97	90	3
1977	67	House	10	88	86	12	D	75	22	97	95	3
1978	68	House	7	93	89	10	D	81	16	98	100	0
1979	69	House	7	92	91	6	D	77	18	95	95	11
1980	70	House	2	83	82	6	D	63	25	87	100	7
1981	71	House	5	95	90	9	R	26	71	99	100	0
1982	72	House	4	70	75	4	R	19	53	78	100	0
1983	73	House	7	87	95	4	R	17	77	96	100	5
1984	74	House	5	93	91	8	R	28	71	99	95	0
1985	75	House	7	91	93	4	R	31	68	95	100	11
1986	76	House	2	86	88	3	R	18	77	92	100	0
1987	77	House	2	95	95	2	R	12	86	97	96	9
1988	78	House	8	71	81	5	R	17	66	88	100	5
1989	79	House	7	90	93	4	R	27	72	98	100	4
1990	80	House	6	89	88	4	R	19	79	90	100	4
1991	81	House	5	92	90	3	R	23	68	92	100	6
1992	82	House	4	90	88	2	R	14	77	90	100	0
1993	83	House	2	86	91	2	D	75	17	94	94	0
1994	84	House	0	94	94	2	D	72	28	95	100	0
1995	85	House	1	81	80	2	D	76	7	82	94	4
1996	86	House	8	82	84	4	D	72	19	90	100	0
1997	87	House	9	64	70	2	D	60	5	73	100	0
1998	88	House	10	74	72	4	D	68	9	75	100	0
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.