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David Pryor

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 29, 1934 in Camden, AR

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, B.A., 1957, LL.B., 1964

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Publisher of Ouachita Citizen, 1957-1960

Elected Office:

  • AR House, 1961-1966


Election Results for David Pryor


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 31 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,800 36.3%
1966 31 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 73,471 64.5%
1966 31 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,887 64.9%
1966 31 AR D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 85,125 64.5%
1968 33 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1970 35 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 37 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 204,058 41.3%
1972 37 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 224,262 48.0%
1974 39 AR D Governor Primary 1 297,673 51.0%
1974 39 AR D Governor General 1 358,018 65.6%
1976 41 AR D Governor Primary 1 312,865 59.5%
1976 41 AR D Governor General 1 605,083 83.2%
1978 43 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 198,039 34.3%
1978 43 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 265,525 54.9%
1978 43 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 399,916 76.6%
1984 49 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 502,341 57.3%
1990 55 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 493,910 99.8%


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



Ideology Data for David Pryor


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
1967 32 House 76 19 57 36 D 66 25 91 27 57
1968 33 House 45 29 39 28 D 63 19 86 45 26
1969 34 House 56 24 65 31 R 66 32 94 31 40
1970 35 House 39 45 57 17 R 58 26 80 40 33
1971 36 House 22 61 60 12 R 35 54 73 73 19
1972 37 House 18 30 35 11 R 24 19 34 67 33
1979 44 Senate 71 21 63 33 D 64 32 95 47 26
1980 45 Senate 59 37 63 27 D 66 24 91 47 26
1981 46 Senate 54 42 80 15 R 47 48 95 75 27
1982 47 Senate 56 35 73 23 R 45 49 95 74 53
1983 48 Senate 57 34 78 14 R 27 71 92 70 28
1984 49 Senate 72 23 60 25 R 45 47 87 59 38
1985 50 Senate 50 42 79 15 R 32 66 95 80 5
1986 51 Senate 55 38 70 24 R 35 60 93 67 37
1987 52 Senate 47 41 87 7 R 32 59 93 79 15
1988 53 Senate 49 43 85 11 R 48 47 97 75 16
1989 54 Senate 42 55 80 18 R 53 45 98 84 26
1990 55 Senate 65 32 85 13 R 34 62 97 67 18
1991 56 Senate 28 8 33 7 R 19 31 44 75 11
1992 57 Senate 61 32 76 22 R 27 73 94 90 15
1993 58 Senate 41 44 87 8 D 87 8 93 74 9
1994 59 Senate 56 34 75 15 D 90 5 93 84 4
1995 60 Senate 39 51 87 9 D 83 10 94 89 9
1996 61 Senate 24 63 81 8 D 73 8 89 100 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.