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Nick Galifianakis

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1928 in Durham, NC
Died: March 27, 2023 in Durham, NC

Education:

  • Duke University, A.B., 1951, LL.B., 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1953-1956 (active duty)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant professor at Duke University, 1960-1967

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1961-1967


Election Results for Nick Galifianakis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 37 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 22,802 37.5%
1966 37 NC D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 32,961 53.3%
1966 37 NC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 46,035 53.1%
1968 39 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,308 62.0%
1968 39 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,871 51.5%
1970 41 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 49,866 52.4%
1972 43 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 377,993 49.2%
1972 43 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 333,558 55.4%
1972 43 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 677,293 46.0%
1974 45 NC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 189,815 32.4%


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



Ideology Data for Nick Galifianakis


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
1967 38 House 85 15 49 51 D 66 33 98 33 79
1968 39 House 80 6 39 49 D 62 28 83 17 64
1969 40 House 78 20 56 42 R 60 38 97 7 79
1970 41 House 73 27 63 38 R 69 31 93 39 39
1971 42 House 54 36 58 31 R 53 37 86 37 37
1972 43 House 50 13 28 31 R 38 16 50 23 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   58%


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.