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Gunn McKay

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 23, 1925 in Ogden, UT
Died: October 6, 2000 in Huntsville, UT

Education:

  • Attended Weber State College, 1958-1960
  • Utah State University, B.S., 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Assistant to UT Governor Calvin Rampton, 1967-1970

Elected Office:

  • UT House, 1962-1966


Election Results for Gunn McKay


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 45 UT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,928 54.7%
1970 45 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,499 51.3%
1972 47 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 127,027 55.4%
1974 49 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,793 62.6%
1976 51 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 155,631 58.2%
1978 53 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,892 51.0%
1980 55 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 2 144,459 47.9%
1986 61 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 2 77,180 48.4%
1988 63 UT D U.S. House District 01 General 2 87,976 40.2%


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



Ideology Data for Gunn McKay


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
1971 46 House 44 51 71 21 R 63 37 91 52 41
1972 47 House 40 45 61 26 R 54 35 84 42 33
1973 48 House 55 35 59 28 R 42 40 87 48 33
1974 49 House 46 35 57 32 R 72 17 89 48* 28
1975 50 House 55 39 67 28 R 53 46 94 42* 39
1976 51 House 59 37 58 36 R 45 51 93 40 41
1977 52 House 54 38 60 31 D 52 35 93 25 44
1978 53 House 57 37 55 37 D 47 45 91 16 50
1979 54 House 62 24 50 36 D 51 36 84 16 59
1980 55 House 60 20 55 31 D 56 32 84 21 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   43%


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.