RightDataUSA


Ike Andrews

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 2, 1925 in Bonlee, NC
Died: May 10, 2010 in Carrboro, NC

Education:

  • University of North Carolina, B.S., 1950, LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945, received Bronze Star and Purple Heart

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1961, 1967, 1969, 1971


Election Results for Ike Andrews


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 46 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 24,763 30.3%
1972 46 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 35,604 51.9%
1972 46 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 72,972 50.3%
1974 48 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,057 63.8%
1974 48 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 62,600 64.7%
1976 50 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,165 60.6%
1978 52 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,893 82.7%
1978 52 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,249 94.4%
1980 54 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,370 76.6%
1980 54 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 97,167 52.6%
1982 56 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,369 51.3%
1984 58 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,913 51.9%
1984 58 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 2 114,462 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for Ike Andrews


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
1973 47 House 66 32 51 42 R 42 51 92 50 52
1974 48 House 65 20 42 40 R 53 36 82 33 35
1975 49 House 67 25 45 45 R 38 47 83 24 73
1976 50 House 66 20 46 39 R 41 45 86 35 44
1977 51 House 73 24 50 44 D 61 34 89 30 43
1978 52 House 66 25 50 42 D 58 35 88 28 41
1979 53 House 63 32 66 27 D 61 29 90 41 41
1980 54 House 68 24 62 28 D 60 30 89 33 47
1981 55 House 75 15 56 32 R 53 41 85 17 58
1982 56 House 67 22 59 30 R 45 47 88 32 58
1983 57 House 47 45 73 18 R 35 56 88 70 23
1984 58 House 56 17 52 22 R 34 38 76 53 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   46%


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.