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Stewart McKinney

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 30, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: May 7, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended Princeton University, 1949-1951
  • Yale University, B.A., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1955

Elected Office:

  • CT House, 1967-1970


Election Results for Stewart McKinney


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 39 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 104,494 56.6%
1972 41 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 135,883 63.1%
1974 43 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,630 53.2%
1976 45 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 126,314 61.0%
1978 47 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,990 58.4%
1980 49 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 124,285 62.6%
1982 51 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,660 56.5%
1984 53 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 165,644 70.4%
1986 55 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,212 53.5%


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



Ideology Data for Stewart McKinney


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 40 House 43 47 52 40 R 67 28 87 51 50
1972 41 House 33 48 35 48 R 57 16 80 71 11
1973 42 House 39 47 44 45 R 47 45 84 59 43
1974 43 House 27 66 35 60 R 49 42 90 70* 33
1975 44 House 43 49 45 47 R 58 35 91 83 33
1976 45 House 39 48 34 53 R 53 39 84 50 29
1977 46 House 22 36 21 42 D 44 11 63 85 26
1978 47 House 34 57 38 52 D 60 27 86 58 30
1979 48 House 28 60 21 61 D 63 23 84 63 30
1980 49 House 27 49 29 46 D 48 24 73 88 11
1981 50 House 36 64 44 51 R 57 38 86 70 58
1982 51 House 44 49 38 51 R 40 52 83 80 9
1983 52 House 30 60 32 60 R 38 51 88 58 18
1984 53 House 39 47 24 61 R 42 45 86 70 27
1985 54 House 25 53 29 49 R 28 56 77 69 14
1986 55 House 36 62 19 75 R 31 64 92 89 0
1987 56 House 3 8 R 2 12 11 75 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   26%


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.