Election results and ideology ratings for William Barrett -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 14, 1896 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: April 12, 1976 in Philadelphia, PA

Election Results for William Barrett

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1944	47	PA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Special	2	19,168	43.4%
1944	47	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	73,289	58.4%

1946	49	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	2	52,593	42.6%

1948	51	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	70,165	53.4%

1950	53	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	69,300	53.8%

1952	55	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	89,879	68.2%

1954	57	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	68,531	61.5%

1956	59	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	74,511	62.7%

1958	61	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	67,531	64.7%

1960	63	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	88,805	77.0%

1962	65	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	102,722	63.5%

1964	67	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	129,471	71.8%

1966	69	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	90,100	66.1%

1968	71	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	113,696	74.7%

1970	73	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	28,580	84.8%
1970	73	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	79,425	69.2%

1972	75	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	118,953	66.1%

1974	77	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	96,988	75.8%

1976	79	PA	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	39,783	74.8%

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

Ideology Data for William Barrett

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1945	48	House			82	2	D			69
1946	49	House			79	10	D			74
1949	52	House			73	8	D			76	92
1950	53	House			70	8	D			69	86
1951	54	House			84	4	D			84	100
1952	55	House			89	7	D			83	100
1953	56	House			76	18	R	54		72	100
1954	57	House			83	3	R	39	39	76	89
1955	58	House			74	16	R	41	44	83	86
1956	59	House			78	6	R	47	38	79	100
1957	60	House			73	8	R	60	27	83	100
1958	61	House			78	11	R	72	16	86	92
1959	62	House	0	100	85	6	R	37	50	86	100
1960	63	House	5	84	78	18	R	63	35	89	100
1961	64	House	4	91	83	5	D	78	6	86	100	0
1962	65	House	0	81	79	4	D	78	7	78	88	0
1963	66	House	7	80	79	0	D	80	4	71	100	8
1964	67	House	8	83	85	0	D	87	2	80	92	0
1965	68	House	2	92	90	1	D	88	3	86	94	6
1966	69	House	0	89	78	1	D	75	6	76	82	4
1967	70	House	4	83	78	3	D	77	6	69	87	0
1968	71	House	6	82	77	2	D	77	8	82	83	9
1969	72	House	13	60	64	7	R	51	38	76	69	33
1970	73	House	0	77	72	8	R	54	29	71	94	11
1971	74	House	14	49	56	5	R	33	39	63	87	36
1972	75	House	15	76	82	10	R	43	49	92	81	0
1973	76	House	17	76	83	9	R	30	58	91	83	16
1974	77	House	15	73	77	10	R	43	51	86	65*	21
1975	78	House	19	58	71	9	R	29	55	76	67	19
1976	79	House	8	24	30	2	R	11	50	21	80	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												12%

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.