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Charles Robb

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 26, 1939 in Phoenix, AZ

Education:

  • Attended Cornell University
  • University of Wisconsin, B.B.A., 1961
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1961-1970
  • VA Lt. Governor, 1978-1982

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1973-1974
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • VA Lt. Governor, 1978-1982


Election Results for Charles Robb


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1977 38 VA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 184,887 39.0%
1977 38 VA D Lt. Governor General 1 652,084 54.2%
1981 42 VA D Governor General 1 760,357 53.5%
1988 49 VA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,474,086 71.2%
1994 55 VA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 154,561 57.9%
1994 55 VA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 938,376 45.6%
2000 61 VA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,296,093 47.7%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Robb


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 50 Senate 82 18 69 31 R 73 27 100 45 36
1990 51 Senate 76 24 73 27 R 55 45 100 61 22
1991 52 Senate 70 30 74 26 R 59 41 100 60 43
1992 53 Senate 50 50 74 26 R 42 58 100 60 27
1993 54 Senate 44 56 85 14 D 94 4 99 75 12
1994 55 Senate 44 53 81 18 D 81 15 99 60 12
1995 56 Senate 60 39 76 23 D 74 26 99 95 13
1996 57 Senate 79 21 76 24 D 85 15 99 80 20
1997 58 Senate 72 28 71 29 D 87 13 100 60 4
1998 59 Senate 75 25 83 17 D 90 10 100 85 12
1999 60 Senate 90 10 90 10 D 87 13 100 100 8
2000 61 Senate 93 7 93 7 D 90 10 99 80 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.