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Glenn Poshard

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1945 in Herald, IL

Education:

  • Southern Illinois University, B.A., 1970, M.S., 1974, Ph.D., 1984

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1962-1965

Career:

  • High school teacher/coach, 1970-1974
  • Director, Area Service Center for Educators of the Gifted, 1974-1984

Elected Office:

  • IL Senate, 1984-1988


Election Results for Glenn Poshard


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 42 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 139,392 64.9%
1990 44 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 138,425 83.7%
1992 46 IL D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 57,566 61.8%
1992 46 IL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 187,156 69.1%
1994 48 IL D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 59,379 100.0%
1994 48 IL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 115,045 58.4%
1996 50 IL D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 37,334 100.0%
1996 50 IL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 158,668 66.7%
1998 52 IL D Governor Primary 1 357,342 37.6%
1998 52 IL D Governor General 2 1,594,191 47.5%


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



Ideology Data for Glenn Poshard


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
1989 43 House 41 59 79 20 R 35 65 99 80 21
1990 44 House 43 57 85 14 R 23 77 99 78 29
1991 45 House 57 43 79 19 R 30 70 98 65 25
1992 46 House 48 52 79 20 R 30 70 99 65 38
1993 47 House 61 39 72 28 D 57 43 100 60 38
1994 48 House 69 31 65 35 D 63 37 100 53 38
1995 49 House 56 44 71 29 D 61 39 100 60 44
1996 50 House 63 37 68 32 D 61 39 100 70 45
1997 51 House 60 40 76 24 D 60 40 99 85 28
1998 52 House 29 45 63 13 D 52 20 65 94 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   33%


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.