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Rick Boucher

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 1, 1946 in Washington County, VA

Education:

  • Roanoke College, B.A., 1968
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1971

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • VA Senate, 1974-1983


Election Results for Rick Boucher


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 35 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 76,205 50.4%
1984 37 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 102,446 52.0%
1986 39 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 59,864 99.0%
1988 41 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,309 63.4%
1990 43 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 67,215 97.1%
1992 45 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 133,284 63.1%
1994 47 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 102,876 58.8%
1996 49 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 122,908 65.0%
1998 51 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 87,163 60.9%
2000 53 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 137,488 69.8%
2002 55 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 100,075 65.8%
2004 57 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 150,039 59.3%
2006 59 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 129,705 67.8%
2008 61 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 207,306 97.1%
2010 63 VA D U.S. House District 09 General 2 86,743 46.4%


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



Ideology Data for Rick Boucher


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 36 House 29 64 88 7 R 22 74 96 84 14
1984 37 House 44 47 78 12 R 35 56 89 70 30
1985 38 House 35 64 87 7 R 29 68 94 60 21
1986 39 House 36 50 83 6 R 23 72 90 72 6
1987 40 House 42 51 86 7 R 22 68 94 83 0
1988 41 House 29 66 87 5 R 19 74 93 83 9
1989 42 House 27 68 88 6 R 27 67 91 84 8
1990 43 House 35 57 90 5 R 20 79 95 72 13
1991 44 House 43 49 84 10 R 34 62 94 68 10
1992 45 House 44 56 86 9 R 21 78 96 90 9
1993 46 House 50 45 88 7 D 82 15 95 67 13
1994 47 House 61 33 86 8 D 76 19 95 67 30
1995 48 House 57 34 75 19 D 74 24 95 83 4
1996 49 House 71 27 74 21 D 71 27 95 65 15
1997 50 House 58 36 76 17 D 72 23 93 94 8
1998 51 House 67 29 78 18 D 77 21 94 95 4
1999 52 House 73 23 D 57 37 96 70 22
2000 53 House 73 19 D 54 46 90 75 29
2001 54 House 80 17 R 33 67 96 90 16
2002 55 House 79 18 R 46 54 95 84 21
2003 56 House 81 16 R 31 69 97 90 24
2004 57 House 80 19 R 36 64 99 75 32
2005 58 House 81 16 R 33 67 96 89 25
2006 59 House 77 21 R 34 66 97 75 36
2007 60 House 92 5 R 5 95 96 95 8
2008 61 House 88 4 R 23 71 89 84 8
2009 62 House 90 5 D 93 6 93 83 14
2010 63 House 80 12 D 68 27 92 55 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.