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Bernard Dwyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1921 in Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: October 31, 1998 in Edison, NJ

Education:

  • Attended Rutgers University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

Career:

  • Insurance broker, 1945-1980

Elected Office:

  • Edison township council, 1958-1969
  • Mayor of Edison, 1969-1973
  • NJ Senate, 1974-1980


Election Results for Bernard Dwyer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 59 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 16,328 32.0%
1980 59 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 92,457 53.4%
1982 61 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,644 100.0%
1982 61 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 100,419 68.1%
1984 63 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,414 86.4%
1984 63 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 118,532 55.9%
1986 65 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 20,918 87.5%
1986 65 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 67,460 69.0%
1988 67 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,303 100.0%
1988 67 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,125 61.1%
1990 69 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,440 88.2%
1990 69 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 63,745 50.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bernard Dwyer


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
1981 60 House 16 83 93 5 R 41 57 98 75 8
1982 61 House 22 78 94 5 R 39 57 96 90 0
1983 62 House 17 82 93 4 R 22 76 96 90 9
1984 63 House 24 75 91 7 R 37 60 98 75 13
1985 64 House 18 82 97 2 R 25 75 99 80 0
1986 65 House 22 78 95 3 R 19 80 97 80 9
1987 66 House 35 60 90 4 R 19 77 94 84 0
1988 67 House 32 66 92 7 R 21 75 98 89 4
1989 68 House 37 63 91 3 R 34 63 96 80 0
1990 69 House 24 69 87 5 R 19 73 93 94 9
1991 70 House 27 68 87 6 R 30 64 90 80 5
1992 71 House 27 54 76 6 R 20 65 83 100 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.