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Bob Barr

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 5, 1948 in Iowa City, IA

Education:

  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1970
  • George Washington University, M.A., 1972
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Central Intelligence Agency Analyst, 1970-1978
  • U.S. Attorney for North GA, 1986-1990
  • President of Southeastern Legal Foundation, 1990-1992


Election Results for Bob Barr


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 43 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 65,471 24.3%
1992 43 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 2 78,887 49.5%
1994 45 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 16,185 57.0%
1994 45 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 71,265 51.9%
1996 47 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,711 100.0%
1996 47 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 112,009 57.8%
1998 49 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,583 100.0%
1998 49 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 85,982 55.4%
2000 51 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 28,658 100.0%
2000 51 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 126,312 55.3%
2002 53 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 31,374 35.5%
2014 65 GA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 2 14,704 25.8%
2014 65 GA R U.S. House District 11 Primary Runoff 2 17,807 33.9%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Barr


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
1995 46 House 97 1 98 2 D 17 83 99 0 92
1996 47 House 98 2 96 3 D 29 68 97 5 100
1997 48 House 93 7 97 2 D 21 79 98 5 96
1998 49 House 86 10 90 7 D 20 77 95 5 100
1999 50 House 90 8 D 20 78 97 15 100
2000 51 House 90 6 D 20 78 94 11 100
2001 52 House 96 4 R 91 9 96 5 100
2002 53 House 92 4 R 79 18 93 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.