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Todd Platts

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 5, 1962 in York, PA

Education:

  • Shippensburg University, B.S., 1984
  • Pepperdine University, J.D., 1991

Career:

  • Judge, Common Pleas Court of York County, 2014-

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1992-2000


Election Results for Todd Platts


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 38 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 21,448 33.3%
2000 38 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 168,722 72.5%
2002 40 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 34,026 76.6%
2002 40 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 143,097 91.1%
2004 42 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 65,207 100.0%
2004 42 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 224,274 91.5%
2006 44 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 43,180 100.0%
2006 44 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 142,512 63.9%
2008 46 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 57,198 100.0%
2008 46 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 218,862 66.6%
2010 48 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 51,792 70.0%
2010 48 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 165,219 71.9%


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



Ideology Data for Todd Platts


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
2001 39 House 87 8 R 84 14 95 5 80
2002 40 House 84 15 R 82 18 98 5 88
2003 41 House 90 9 R 89 11 98 20 80
2004 42 House 83 12 R 82 18 95 20 84
2005 43 House 82 15 R 78 22 97 21 67
2006 44 House 70 27 R 79 21 97 25 72
2007 45 House 76 23 R 51 48 98 45 64
2008 46 House 78 20 R 47 51 97 55 68
2009 47 House 72 25 D 48 51 97 30 76
2010 48 House 84 15 D 44 56 95 15 67
2011 49 House 85 14 D 28 72 98 6 52
2012 50 House 79 17 D 22 76 93 15 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.