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Nancy Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 5, 1935 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Radcliffe College, B.A., 1957

Career:

  • School teacher
  • Adjunct professor, 1968-1971

Elected Office:

  • CT Senate, 1977-1982


Election Results for Nancy Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 47 CT R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,570 70.0%
1982 47 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 99,703 51.7%
1984 49 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 155,422 64.0%
1986 51 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 111,304 64.2%
1988 53 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 157,020 66.3%
1990 55 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,105 74.4%
1992 57 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 166,967 69.7%
1994 59 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,101 63.9%
1996 61 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 113,020 49.6%
1998 63 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 101,630 58.1%
2000 65 CT R U.S. House District 06 General 1 143,698 62.6%
2002 67 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,626 54.2%
2004 69 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 168,268 59.8%
2006 71 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 2 94,824 43.5%


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



Ideology Data for Nancy Johnson


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
1983 48 House 54 46 43 49 R 51 46 91 45 27
1984 49 House 51 42 48 47 R 52 44 96 50 30
1985 50 House 67 33 45 51 R 50 50 97 40 47
1986 51 House 68 32 38 58 R 52 43 97 42 55
1987 52 House 65 28 53 42 R 47 52 96 48 35
1988 53 House 68 24 52 44 R 44 50 95 50 56
1989 54 House 71 27 43 53 R 60 38 96 30 46
1990 55 House 65 31 54 43 R 52 46 98 44 50
1991 56 House 68 32 53 46 R 63 35 98 35 55
1992 57 House 75 23 66 32 R 62 37 97 40 57
1993 58 House 57 43 64 32 D 66 32 97 44 65
1994 59 House 64 33 60 37 D 67 31 97 32 52
1995 60 House 82 16 77 21 D 38 59 98 21 56
1996 61 House 75 22 73 25 D 57 42 98 20 55
1997 62 House 78 22 67 32 D 60 40 99 55 36
1998 63 House 67 33 62 38 D 57 43 99 58 16
1999 64 House 67 32 D 43 54 95 55 36
2000 65 House 70 28 D 54 46 96 35 56
2001 66 House 75 23 R 70 30 97 30 32
2002 67 House 75 25 R 71 29 98 30 56
2003 68 House 77 16 R 69 29 95 35 57
2004 69 House 80 18 R 61 39 97 45 56
2005 70 House 78 21 R 59 41 98 58 40
2006 71 House 74 24 R 66 34 98 45 52
Lifetime conservative rating:   47%


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.