Election results and ideology ratings for Marge Roukema -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 19, 1929 in Newark, NJ
Died: November 12, 2014 in Wyckoff, NJ

Election Results for Marge Roukema

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1978	48	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	8,346	39.3%
1978	48	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 07	General	2	69,543	46.6%

1980	50	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	16,880	100.0%
1980	50	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	108,760	50.7%

1982	52	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	29,377	81.7%
1982	52	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	104,695	65.3%

1984	54	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	19,799	100.0%
1984	54	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	171,979	71.2%

1986	56	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	15,048	75.0%
1986	56	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	94,253	74.6%

1988	58	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	19,101	100.0%
1988	58	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	175,562	75.7%

1990	60	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	16,222	100.0%
1990	60	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	118,101	75.7%

1992	62	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	27,030	62.2%
1992	62	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	196,198	71.5%

1994	64	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	20,394	76.9%
1994	64	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	139,964	74.2%

1996	66	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	20,682	75.0%
1996	66	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	181,323	71.3%

1998	68	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	16,215	52.8%
1998	68	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	106,304	63.7%

2000	70	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	23,043	52.3%
2000	70	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	175,546	65.4%

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

Ideology Data for Marge Roukema

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1981	51	House	56	41	70	29	R	66	32	98	35	75
1982	52	House	60	37	57	39	R	62	34	94	50	41
1983	53	House	47	51	49	47	R	61	35	97	40	32
1984	54	House	56	42	57	38	R	51	45	96	47	38
1985	55	House	60	40	56	41	R	49	50	98	45	37
1986	56	House	64	36	62	26	R	56	43	96	30	36
1987	57	House	70	28	61	36	R	45	51	95	36	52
1988	58	House	79	21	68	28	R	42	55	96	42	50
1989	59	House	68	29	60	37	R	53	42	96	30	57
1990	60	House	63	24	58	32	R	45	45	90	31	57
1991	61	House	62	35	56	37	R	54	41	94	37	50
1992	62	House	56	35	66	30	R	48	45	95	50	67
1993	63	House	59	39	67	29	D	45	49	95	35	54
1994	64	House	61	31	64	29	D	62	31	92	41	50
1995	65	House	61	33	69	27	D	44	51	96	35	36
1996	66	House	43	55	64	31	D	51	46	95	50	53
1997	67	House	75	25	67	30	D	55	44	96	53	42
1998	68	House	79	21	74	27	D	34	66	98	20	60
1999	69	House			74	23	D	33	63	97	45	60
2000	70	House			79	17	D	38	60	96	16	68
2001	71	House			78	15	R	77	19	91	32	52
2002	72	House			33	7	R	39	7	41	11	75
Lifetime conservative rating:												51%

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.