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David Emery

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1948 in Rockland, ME

Education:

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1970

Career:

  • Deputy director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1983-1988

Elected Office:

  • ME House, 1970-1974


Election Results for David Emery


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 25 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,203 50.2%
1976 27 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,523 57.4%
1978 29 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,791 61.5%
1980 31 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 188,667 68.5%
1982 33 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 179,882 39.1%
1990 41 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,638 61.8%
1990 41 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 2 110,836 39.7%
2006 57 ME R Governor Primary 3 18,388 26.3%


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



Ideology Data for David Emery


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 26 House 54 41 61 35 R 49 51 97 68 53
1976 27 House 69 31 54 44 R 45 55 97 40 51
1977 28 House 70 28 65 33 D 58 41 97 55 58
1978 29 House 71 27 70 26 D 43 49 96 25 87
1979 30 House 67 15 64 19 D 33 47 84 28 73
1980 31 House 78 18 77 20 D 50 46 95 39 58
1981 32 House 81 15 74 23 R 64 36 96 25 92
1982 33 House 63 23 50 30 R 47 42 81 32 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.