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Bill Clinger

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 4, 1929 in Warren, PA
Died: May 28, 2021 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1951
  • Univeristy of Virginia, LL.B., 1965

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1951-1955

Career:

  • Marketing representative for New Process Co., 1955-1962
  • Lawyer


Election Results for Bill Clinger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 49 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 28,025 63.0%
1978 49 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 73,194 54.3%
1980 51 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 122,855 73.5%
1982 53 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 92,424 65.2%
1984 55 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 39,593 100.0%
1984 55 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 94,952 51.6%
1986 57 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 79,595 55.5%
1988 59 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 105,575 62.0%
1990 61 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 78,189 59.4%
1992 63 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 188,911 100.0%
1994 65 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,621 79.5%
1994 65 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 145,335 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Clinger


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
1979 50 House 76 23 71 27 D 44 56 97 11 76
1980 51 House 77 23 69 31 D 57 43 99 22 53
1981 52 House 72 28 69 31 R 63 37 100 30 67
1982 53 House 77 23 61 38 R 65 35 99 25 45
1983 54 House 66 34 62 37 R 61 39 99 15 55
1984 55 House 64 34 54 42 R 56 42 96 40 57
1985 56 House 65 31 54 38 R 50 48 92 35 42
1986 57 House 84 14 48 49 R 52 47 95 50 45
1987 58 House 74 23 59 38 R 54 42 97 24 43
1988 59 House 76 24 67 28 R 47 47 95 30 60
1989 60 House 90 10 66 32 R 78 22 99 20 64
1990 61 House 89 9 65 29 R 66 32 95 33 54
1991 62 House 81 16 66 32 R 76 23 98 15 70
1992 63 House 83 8 71 24 R 75 19 96 11 90
1993 64 House 84 11 67 21 D 39 45 89 6 80
1994 65 House 92 3 71 26 D 58 40 96 16 95
1995 66 House 90 6 88 8 D 27 73 97 10 68
1996 67 House 90 2 82 11 D 43 54 93 11 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.