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Walter Huddleston

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 15, 1926 in Burkesville, KY
Died: October 16, 2018 in Elizabethtown, KY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Radio station director, 1949-1972

Elected Office:

  • KY Senate, 1965-1972


Election Results for Walter Huddleston


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 46 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 106,144 71.6%
1972 46 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 528,550 50.9%
1978 52 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 89,333 75.6%
1978 52 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 290,730 61.0%
1984 58 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 639,721 49.5%


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



Ideology Data for Walter Huddleston


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
1973 47 Senate 25 60 74 10 R 30 58 83 67 5
1974 48 Senate 43 49 60 27 R 34 57 86 55 19
1975 49 Senate 43 43 66 22 R 53 34 87 50* 27
1976 50 Senate 32 56 73 16 R 40 57 89 61 31
1977 51 Senate 52 34 57 29 D 75 16 84 47 24
1978 52 Senate 47 37 63 21 D 68 17 82 35 17
1979 53 Senate 49 37 67 17 D 68 17 84 44 26
1980 54 Senate 42 43 74 13 D 76 15 89 57 26
1981 55 Senate 52 40 76 19 R 54 44 94 65 20
1982 56 Senate 72 24 64 28 R 48 50 94 58 56
1983 57 Senate 61 39 73 22 R 39 59 94 60 21
1984 58 Senate 51 23 55 25 R 38 40 77 69 47
Lifetime conservative rating:   26%


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.