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Raymond McGrath

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 27, 1942 in Valley Stream, NY

Education:

  • SUNY (Brockport), B.A., 1963
  • New York University, M.A., 1968

Career:

  • School teacher, 1963-1964
  • Deputy commissioner, Hempstead Township Parks & Recreation, 1965-1971

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1976-1980


Election Results for Raymond McGrath


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 38 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 105,140 57.7%
1982 40 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 100,485 58.1%
1984 42 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 138,560 62.4%
1986 44 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,473 65.3%
1988 46 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,881 65.1%
1990 48 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 71,948 54.6%


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



Ideology Data for Raymond McGrath


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 39 House 75 23 78 20 R 64 34 97 16 92
1982 40 House 66 29 66 31 R 61 34 97 40 65
1983 41 House 79 20 69 25 R 60 35 93 15 82
1984 42 House 73 17 60 26 R 49 34 85 21 74
1985 43 House 75 20 62 25 R 64 33 89 20 68
1986 44 House 70 26 61 31 R 60 37 91 20 55
1987 45 House 77 19 61 28 R 54 42 90 30 59
1988 46 House 74 18 62 20 R 46 42 88 33 58
1989 47 House 71 27 59 37 R 60 36 95 32 59
1990 48 House 54 39 56 37 R 49 46 94 53 52
1991 49 House 68 24 46 50 R 57 41 96 35 55
1992 50 House 81 10 60 33 R 70 26 94 26 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   65%


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.