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Bob Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 30, 1941 in Trenton, NJ

Education:

  • Lafayette College, B.A., 1965

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1965-1967 (Vietnam)
  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1962-1965, 1967-1969

Career:

  • Teacher/real estate agent, 1975-1984

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Republican to Taxpayers on July 13, 1999
  • Changed party affiliation from Taxpayers to Independent in August, 1999
  • Changed party affiliation from Independent to Republican on November 1, 1999


Election Results for Bob Smith


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 39 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 10,554 24.2%
1982 41 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,176 50.0%
1982 41 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 2 61,876 44.5%
1984 43 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,598 41.8%
1984 43 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,627 58.6%
1986 45 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,899 76.7%
1986 45 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,739 56.3%
1988 47 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,193 99.6%
1988 47 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,824 60.3%
1990 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 56,215 65.0%
1990 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 189,792 65.1%
1996 55 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 85,223 97.3%
1996 55 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 242,304 49.2%
2002 61 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 68,608 44.8%
2002 61 NH Write-in U.S. Senate Class 2 General 4 2,396 0.5%
2014 73 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 3 26,762 22.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Smith


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
1985 44 House 82 18 91 8 R 84 16 99 5 89
1986 45 House 94 6 96 4 R 82 18 100 0 91
1987 46 House 81 19 95 5 R 80 20 100 4 96
1988 47 House 95 5 97 2 R 73 26 99 5 96
1989 48 House 88 12 91 9 R 62 37 98 10 96
1990 49 House 87 13 91 8 R 73 27 98 6 92
1991 50 Senate 85 15 91 6 R 85 14 99 10 90
1992 51 Senate 89 11 92 8 R 73 27 100 5 96
1993 52 Senate 90 10 94 4 D 11 87 98 15 100
1994 53 Senate 88 13 95 4 D 19 79 99 5 100
1995 54 Senate 91 7 97 3 D 18 82 99 0 100
1996 55 Senate 92 8 94 4 D 29 71 98 5 100
1997 56 Senate 84 16 97 3 D 51 49 100 5 96
1998 57 Senate 88 0 98 1 D 19 81 99 5 100
1999 58 Senate 94 6 93 7 D 16 84 100 5 96
2000 59 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 28 72 100 10 100
2001 60 Senate 95 4 R 96 4 98 5 100
2002 61 Senate 87 12 R 93 2 98 10 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.