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Bob Packwood

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1932 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • Williamette University, B.A., 1954
  • New York University, LL.B., 1957

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1957-1958

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1963-1968


Election Results for Bob Packwood


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 35 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 241,464 88.0%
1968 35 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 408,646 50.2%
1974 41 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 199,824 99.0%
1974 41 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 420,984 54.9%
1980 47 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 191,127 62.4%
1980 47 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 594,290 52.1%
1986 53 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 171,985 57.6%
1986 53 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 656,317 63.0%
1992 59 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 176,939 59.1%
1992 59 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 717,455 52.1%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Packwood


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
1969 36 Senate 48 46 62 34 R 76 21 94 56 47
1970 37 Senate 50 36 52 35 R 53 19 79 71 50
1971 38 Senate 53 34 52 27 R 62 20 82 32 44
1972 39 Senate 68 24 69 25 R 65 15 90 47 58
1973 40 Senate 41 38 48 34 R 57 28 84 65 52
1974 41 Senate 25 51 32 46 R 37 42 77 62* 31
1975 42 Senate 37 53 48 42 R 69 27 92 76 39
1976 43 Senate 61 28 55 34 R 64 26 91 47 35
1977 44 Senate 72 21 60 30 D 57 35 89 47 47
1978 45 Senate 50 44 48 45 D 53 33 92 50 26
1979 46 Senate 44 47 42 47 D 68 24 88 35 55
1980 47 Senate 35 55 40 43 D 65 29 87 59 38
1981 48 Senate 71 25 80 16 R 86 13 95 35 47
1982 49 Senate 59 40 67 32 R 75 24 98 55 32
1983 50 Senate 50 41 56 35 R 66 24 94 33 30
1984 51 Senate 62 32 58 36 R 65 27 95 58 33
1985 52 Senate 63 28 67 26 R 72 25 93 39 37
1986 53 Senate 63 30 58 36 R 49 45 90 63 37
1987 54 Senate 38 50 56 40 R 53 45 96 60 31
1988 55 Senate 54 46 41 56 R 58 40 96 55 40
1989 56 Senate 79 18 55 43 R 79 18 98 30 56
1990 57 Senate 51 46 45 53 R 56 41 95 72 35
1991 58 Senate 75 23 59 40 R 68 31 97 50 43
1992 59 Senate 50 47 50 49 R 60 37 98 60 35
1993 60 Senate 73 27 71 28 D 45 54 99 35 60
1994 61 Senate 44 50 59 35 D 52 42 95 53 67
1995 62 Senate 81 19 82 18 D 46 54 99 25 47
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.