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Joe McDade

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 29, 1931 in Scranton, PA
Died: September 24, 2017 in Fairfax, VA

Education:

  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1953
  • University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1956

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1956-1957
  • Lawyer
  • Scranton city solicitor, 1962


Election Results for Joe McDade


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 30 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 95,754 52.5%
1964 32 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 35,627 80.3%
1964 32 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 90,903 50.8%
1966 34 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 115,765 66.8%
1968 36 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 125,916 66.6%
1970 38 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,716 65.4%
1972 40 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 143,670 73.6%
1974 42 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 100,793 64.9%
1976 44 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 125,218 62.6%
1978 46 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 116,003 76.5%
1980 48 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 145,703 76.6%
1982 50 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 26,064 89.5%
1982 50 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 103,617 67.5%
1984 52 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 41,792 100.0%
1984 52 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 150,166 77.1%
1986 54 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 118,603 74.7%
1988 56 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 140,096 73.2%
1990 58 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 113,490 100.0%
1992 60 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 189,414 90.4%
1994 62 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,683 100.0%
1994 62 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 106,992 65.7%
1996 64 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,155 53.3%
1996 64 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 124,670 59.8%


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



Ideology Data for Joe McDade


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
1963 31 House 33 40 60 31 D 49 44 90 67 54
1964 32 House 42 58 58 40 D 63 37 96 46 44
1965 33 House 37 53 46 50 D 70 29 94 33 65
1966 34 House 32 57 50 41 D 62 30 91 40 52
1967 35 House 50 50 55 44 D 65 32 98 53 50
1968 36 House 37 57 45 49 D 67 18 88 50 32
1969 37 House 42 56 44 55 R 70 30 98 47 20
1970 38 House 43 48 39 53 R 74 18 89 65 33
1971 39 House 57 39 54 40 R 67 32 92 43 40
1972 40 House 50 37 44 43 R 57 22 88 40 22
1973 41 House 40 55 38 55 R 40 54 95 50 35
1974 42 House 42 56 41 59 R 66 34 97 43* 38
1975 43 House 46 53 46 52 R 54 44 97 58 39
1976 44 House 47 43 36 50 R 45 49 87 40 42
1977 45 House 55 37 48 48 D 63 32 93 42 41
1978 46 House 50 37 49 40 D 42 41 87 39 50
1979 47 House 69 26 53 41 D 46 48 93 32 46
1980 48 House 56 35 50 41 D 51 36 86 50 32
1981 49 House 63 25 55 34 R 62 30 90 25 92
1982 50 House 53 41 36 55 R 40 45 85 60 33
1983 51 House 60 31 44 43 R 57 30 86 32 52
1984 52 House 63 25 41 48 R 57 35 89 33 45
1985 53 House 67 29 44 47 R 59 38 91 21 53
1986 54 House 66 24 31 58 R 49 42 88 47 65
1987 55 House 72 19 34 53 R 45 47 89 42 37
1988 56 House 71 24 61 33 R 44 51 94 40 56
1989 57 House 80 12 47 44 R 66 29 90 35 46
1990 58 House 65 20 43 40 R 47 41 84 35 57
1991 59 House 70 19 56 36 R 68 25 93 32 65
1992 60 House 65 13 51 27 R 57 22 78 19 75
1993 61 House 68 11 59 18 D 46 28 74 22 74
1994 62 House 86 6 61 23 D 62 28 83 22 83
1995 63 House 90 2 83 8 D 21 72 90 5 65
1996 64 House 41 2 45 7 D 24 33 51 10 75
1997 65 House 91 4 80 14 D 31 64 92 15 68
1998 66 House 64 10 58 11 D 18 55 67 25 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.