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Phil Sharp

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 15, 1942 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Attended DePauw University, 1961
  • Georgetown University, B.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1974

Career:

  • Aide to Sen. Vance Hartke, 1964-1969
  • Assistant/associate professor at Ball State University, 1969-1974


Election Results for Phil Sharp


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 27 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 7,571 22.5%
1970 27 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 2 78,871 49.2%
1972 29 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,067 68.2%
1972 29 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 2 79,756 42.8%
1974 31 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,307 69.6%
1974 31 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 85,418 54.4%
1976 33 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,263 88.7%
1976 33 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 114,559 59.8%
1978 35 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,833 89.3%
1978 35 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 73,343 56.1%
1980 37 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 43,142 89.5%
1980 37 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 103,083 53.4%
1982 39 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,039 85.2%
1982 39 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,298 56.2%
1984 41 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,702 91.6%
1984 41 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,965 53.4%
1986 43 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,135 94.3%
1986 43 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,456 61.9%
1988 45 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,651 100.0%
1988 45 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 116,915 53.2%
1990 47 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,237 100.0%
1990 47 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,495 59.4%
1992 49 IN D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,223 100.0%
1992 49 IN D U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,881 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Phil Sharp


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
1975 32 House 32 68 77 23 R 37 63 100 89 11
1976 33 House 42 57 73 26 R 33 67 99 60 17
1977 34 House 33 67 73 27 D 73 27 100 65 13
1978 35 House 29 71 71 28 D 80 20 99 50 4
1979 36 House 47 53 72 27 D 80 19 99 53 21
1980 37 House 54 46 63 37 D 70 29 99 50 21
1981 38 House 52 47 70 27 R 43 57 98 68 17
1982 39 House 36 64 69 28 R 42 57 98 84 10
1983 40 House 35 64 79 20 R 22 77 98 80 19
1984 41 House 47 36 63 31 R 38 50 92 55 45
1985 42 House 36 62 76 21 R 43 56 97 65 37
1986 43 House 42 56 81 16 R 24 73 96 68 5
1987 44 House 47 51 81 14 R 25 73 96 82 4
1988 45 House 61 39 79 19 R 31 64 97 75 20
1989 46 House 39 51 76 17 R 28 66 94 80 20
1990 47 House 41 56 79 17 R 20 74 95 67 22
1991 48 House 38 57 81 12 R 28 67 94 83 5
1992 49 House 40 57 78 15 R 20 77 95 85 22
1993 50 House 43 57 83 9 D 76 20 93 85 9
1994 51 House 22 75 85 3 D 73 17 87 84 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.