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Bob Carr

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 27, 1943 in Janesville, WI

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1965, J.D., 1968

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to MI Senate Minority Leader, 1968-1969
  • Administrative assistant to MI Attorney General, 1969-1970
  • Assistant MI Attorney General, 1970-1972


Election Results for Bob Carr


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 29 MI D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 12,303 100.0%
1972 29 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 2 95,209 49.4%
1974 31 MI D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 20,576 72.4%
1974 31 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 73,956 49.3%
1976 33 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 108,909 52.7%
1978 35 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,971 56.7%
1980 37 MI D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 11,134 84.2%
1980 37 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 2 108,548 49.4%
1982 39 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,778 51.4%
1984 41 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,705 52.4%
1986 43 MI D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 15,945 93.9%
1986 43 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,927 56.7%
1988 45 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,581 58.9%
1990 47 MI D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 15,867 99.9%
1990 47 MI D U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,547 99.8%
1992 49 MI D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 28,930 100.0%
1992 49 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 135,517 47.6%
1994 51 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 157,585 24.0%
1994 51 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,300,960 42.7%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Carr


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
1975 32 House 16 83 81 18 R 25 75 99 94 17
1976 33 House 17 82 84 15 R 25 73 99 80 14
1977 34 House 13 85 83 16 D 73 27 98 80 16
1978 35 House 10 87 79 18 D 75 23 97 80 4
1979 36 House 9 88 86 9 D 85 13 92 100 8
1980 37 House 19 78 82 16 D 71 26 93 94 16
1983 40 House 25 72 86 10 R 12 83 94 85 18
1984 41 House 34 66 87 11 R 26 72 97 80 23
1985 42 House 38 56 81 14 R 29 68 94 65 17
1986 43 House 56 44 75 21 R 21 74 97 74 24
1987 44 House 40 56 82 11 R 21 74 94 96 9
1988 45 House 50 47 80 10 R 31 65 94 85 20
1989 46 House 37 63 80 13 R 30 67 94 85 25
1990 47 House 46 52 81 15 R 29 69 96 72 25
1991 48 House 43 41 79 14 R 34 61 93 79 21
1992 49 House 58 40 78 18 R 30 67 96 74 23
1993 50 House 48 50 84 12 D 73 25 95 85 21
1994 51 House 36 44 79 6 D 73 17 85 61 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.