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Robert Davis

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 31, 1932 in Marquette, MI
Died: October 16, 2009 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Attended Hillsdale College, 1951-1952
  • Wayne State University, B.S., 1954

Career:

  • Funeral director, 1954-1966

Elected Office:

  • St. Ignace city council, 1964-1966
  • MI House, 1966-1970
  • MI Senate, 1970-1978


Election Results for Robert Davis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 45 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 18,520 57.9%
1978 45 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 96,351 54.9%
1980 47 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 146,205 65.5%
1982 49 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 106,039 60.5%
1984 51 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 126,992 58.6%
1986 53 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 91,575 63.0%
1988 55 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 129,085 59.6%
1990 57 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,152 100.0%
1990 57 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 94,555 61.3%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Davis


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 46 House 82 15 72 24 D 35 62 94 6 59
1980 47 House 59 29 63 31 D 50 44 90 44 47
1981 48 House 84 12 69 26 R 59 36 93 15 83
1982 49 House 62 29 37 56 R 45 47 89 37 52
1983 50 House 73 24 53 44 R 52 44 97 37 55
1984 51 House 78 17 48 44 R 52 38 91 35 50
1985 52 House 78 18 55 41 R 49 49 95 35 58
1986 53 House 76 14 36 42 R 39 43 82 42 55
1987 54 House 72 21 34 57 R 49 48 91 46 36
1988 55 House 66 29 43 54 R 35 62 95 63 42
1989 56 House 76 15 41 47 R 52 30 88 47 54
1990 57 House 74 22 46 49 R 44 52 95 59 43
1991 58 House 92 5 53 38 R 62 28 92 20 53
1992 59 House 88 8 55 30 R 64 25 84 25 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.