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Robert Duncan

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 4, 1920 in Normal, IL
Died: April 29, 2011 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • Attended University of Alaska, 1939-1940
  • Illinois Wesleyan University, B.A., 1942
  • University of Michigan, LL.B., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Air Force, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Navarl Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Nominated to OR House as a write-in candidate, 1954, but declined
  • OR House, 1956-1962


Election Results for Robert Duncan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 41 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,848 35.3%
1962 41 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,660 53.9%
1964 43 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,080 62.8%
1964 43 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 125,752 64.8%
1966 45 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 161,189 62.2%
1966 45 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 330,374 48.2%
1968 47 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 174,795 46.3%
1972 51 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 130,845 33.0%
1974 53 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,655 34.4%
1974 53 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,290 70.4%
1976 55 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 76,988 99.5%
1976 55 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 148,503 83.9%
1978 57 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 47,779 100.0%
1978 57 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 151,895 84.6%
1980 59 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 37,132 39.9%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Duncan


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
1963 42 House 13 87 77 10 D 79 8 84 83 0
1964 43 House 4 83 76 10 D 85 2 82 92 13
1965 44 House 22 65 73 10 D 77 9 84 89 19
1966 45 House 5 59 59 3 D 59 3 63 87 4
1975 54 House 48 46 64 30 R 54 42 92 56 24
1976 55 House 39 50 65 26 R 35 59 88 63 27
1977 56 House 36 56 70 19 D 59 32 91 56 14
1978 57 House 43 43 58 26 D 56 29 92 37 61
1979 58 House 38 47 65 16 D 70 21 79 47 39
1980 59 House 23 66 78 10 D 73 16 83 76 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.