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Robert Borski

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 20, 1948 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • University of Baltimore, B.A., 1971

Career:

  • Stockbroker, 1972-1976

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1976-1982


Election Results for Robert Borski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 33 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,318 57.6%
1982 33 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 97,161 50.1%
1984 35 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,170 100.0%
1984 35 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 152,598 63.9%
1986 37 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 58,902 96.4%
1986 37 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 107,804 61.8%
1988 39 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 61,440 91.4%
1988 39 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 135,590 63.2%
1990 41 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,908 60.0%
1992 43 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,828 58.9%
1994 45 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,231 86.5%
1994 45 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 92,702 62.7%
1996 47 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,211 90.7%
1996 47 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,120 68.9%
1998 49 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,989 86.9%
1998 49 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 66,270 59.3%
2000 51 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,439 100.0%
2000 51 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,528 68.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Borski


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
1983 34 House 16 83 91 6 R 21 73 98 85 5
1984 35 House 17 81 93 6 R 30 68 98 79 9
1985 36 House 20 78 94 4 R 24 74 97 80 5
1986 37 House 24 76 93 6 R 20 77 98 75 10
1987 38 House 26 72 91 3 R 19 81 96 83 5
1988 39 House 24 74 92 6 R 26 73 98 80 12
1989 40 House 41 59 87 10 R 41 59 97 79 7
1990 41 House 33 67 90 7 R 27 71 98 83 8
1991 42 House 38 54 89 9 R 36 59 97 63 30
1992 43 House 40 60 91 8 R 28 70 99 80 17
1993 44 House 48 50 89 8 D 85 11 96 70 13
1994 45 House 44 53 93 5 D 86 14 96 68 29
1995 46 House 31 68 88 10 D 80 17 98 84 16
1996 47 House 37 63 82 14 D 81 18 97 80 10
1997 48 House 40 58 82 15 D 60 39 98 83 17
1998 49 House 29 71 89 9 D 78 21 97 95 12
1999 50 House 86 12 D 80 20 96 85 13
2000 51 House 85 11 D 82 16 95 75 17
2001 52 House 85 13 R 42 58 98 90 20
2002 53 House 86 8 R 39 50 86 80 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.