Election results and ideology ratings for John Rooney -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 29, 1903 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: October 26, 1975 in Washington, DC

Election Results for John Rooney

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1944	40	NY	D	U.S. House	District 04	Special	1	4,681	71.7%
1944	40	NY	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	51,411	55.0%

1946	42	NY	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	36,399	54.0%

1948	44	NY	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	55,021	60.4%

1950	46	NY	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	42,396	61.6%

1952	48	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	86,952	64.2%

1954	50	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	61,881	73.1%

1956	52	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	77,706	64.2%

1958	54	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	60,703	70.6%

1960	56	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	80,972	70.6%

1962	58	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	Primary	1	17,446	81.7%
1962	58	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	54,298	70.9%

1964	60	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	68,165	77.4%

1966	62	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	43,142	76.2%

1968	64	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	Primary	1	10,906	47.0%
1968	64	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	42,149	63.9%

1970	66	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	Primary	1	12,244	50.5%
1970	66	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	31,566	55.1%

1972	68	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	Primary	1	15,578	53.2%
1972	68	NY	D	U.S. House	District 14	General	1	45,515	53.9%

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

Ideology Data for John Rooney

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1944	40	House			30	3	D			22
1945	41	House			76	4	D			76
1946	42	House			79	11	D			72
1947	43	House			84	16	D			88	100
1948	44	House			75	3	D			62	91
1949	45	House			88	6	D			92	92
1950	46	House			86	14	D			98	93
1951	47	House			91	4	D			90	100
1952	48	House			93	5	D			94	100
1953	49	House			68	29	R	55		93	91
1954	50	House			97	3	R	39	58	95	78
1955	51	House			90	3	R	66	29	93	100
1956	52	House			81	19	R	65	35	97	100
1957	53	House			88	12	R	67	30	98	100
1958	54	House			81	16	R	58	28	89	92
1959	55	House	9	91	81	15	R	39	56	94	100
1960	56	House	11	32	49	16	R	44	33	75	100
1961	57	House	13	74	84	7	D	88	3	90	100	8
1962	58	House	0	100	95	4	D	97	2	97	100	0
1963	59	House	0	93	93	3	D	92	4	95	92	6
1964	60	House	0	100	89	6	D	94	4	96	92	0
1965	61	House	4	96	96	2	D	96	4	99	79	18
1966	62	House	11	68	63	3	D	62	6	63	93	5
1967	63	House	6	83	84	2	D	76	6	85	80	8
1968	64	House	12	76	79	2	D	81	3	84	82	0
1969	65	House	38	56	69	20	R	60	34	91	47	33
1970	66	House	23	52	63	17	R	52	34	76	65	22
1971	67	House	58	40	56	36	R	58	35	91	49	20
1972	68	House	23	23	22	13	R	41	11	45	56	0
1973	69	House	2	11	19	1	R	4	13	16	73	38
1974	70	House	0	0	0	0	R	0	0	1	0*	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												12%

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.