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David Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 26, 1944 in St. Lawrence County, NY in Hedgesville, WV

Education:

  • University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1966
  • Military Service, 1966-1970
  • Albany Law School, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1966-1970

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • St. Lawrence County legislature, 1973-1975
  • NY Assembly, 1976-1980


Election Results for David Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 36 NY R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 31,661 70.3%
1980 36 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 111,008 63.8%
1982 38 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 108,962 71.6%
1984 40 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 131,257 70.6%
1986 42 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 94,840 100.0%
1988 44 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 131,043 75.0%
1990 46 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 97,340 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for David Martin


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
1981 37 House 75 7 80 8 R 63 25 88 6 100
1982 38 House 88 7 77 19 R 62 27 91 15 67
1983 39 House 88 11 72 18 R 73 23 86 0 82
1984 40 House 81 10 58 28 R 54 38 89 20 60
1985 41 House 75 18 66 26 R 59 40 91 15 68
1986 42 House 86 8 56 34 R 53 41 89 16 74
1987 43 House 86 12 61 30 R 54 39 92 21 64
1988 44 House 84 8 66 28 R 45 47 93 26 68
1989 45 House 95 3 70 26 R 71 22 94 6 81
1990 46 House 85 13 72 22 R 60 39 95 28 63
1991 47 House 84 0 72 16 R 70 22 89 6 76
1992 48 House 85 6 69 16 R 66 24 87 18 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.