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Jim Greenwood

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 4, 1951 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • Dickinson College, B.A., 1973

Career:

  • Assistant to PA state Rep. John Renninger, 1972-1976
  • Bucks County Children & Youth Services, 1977-1980

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1981-1986
  • PA Senate, 1987-1992


Election Results for Jim Greenwood


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 41 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,394 79.3%
1992 41 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 129,593 51.9%
1994 43 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 38,436 100.0%
1994 43 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 110,499 66.1%
1996 45 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,376 60.3%
1996 45 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 133,749 59.1%
1998 47 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,347 67.4%
1998 47 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 93,697 63.2%
2000 49 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 25,170 67.2%
2000 49 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 154,090 59.1%
2002 51 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,327 69.1%
2002 51 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 127,475 62.6%
2004 53 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 38,279 69.1%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Greenwood


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
1993 42 House 80 20 79 20 D 43 56 98 25 83
1994 43 House 78 22 69 28 D 65 29 97 21 70
1995 44 House 82 15 82 15 D 37 62 97 20 60
1996 45 House 78 20 76 21 D 49 51 97 25 60
1997 46 House 71 22 76 21 D 48 51 96 55 50
1998 47 House 76 21 64 31 D 35 57 94 26 48
1999 48 House 72 28 D 37 61 98 70 42
2000 49 House 59 22 D 48 40 85 31 60
2001 50 House 84 14 R 79 21 96 25 48
2002 51 House 79 18 R 79 18 93 20 78
2003 52 House 86 11 R 76 18 97 15 63
2004 53 House 69 13 R 52 21 78 33 57
Lifetime conservative rating:   60%


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.