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Bob Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 16, 1931 in Portland, OR
Died: September 21, 2020 in Medford, OR

Education:

  • Williamette University, B.A., 1953

Career:

  • Cattle rancher

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1960-1972 (Speaker, 1968-1972)
  • OR Senate, 1972-1982


Election Results for Bob Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 51 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,998 62.5%
1982 51 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,912 55.6%
1984 53 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,383 100.0%
1984 53 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,649 57.0%
1986 55 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 54,602 99.8%
1986 55 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,566 60.2%
1988 57 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,376 99.6%
1988 57 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,366 62.7%
1990 59 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,951 87.7%
1990 59 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 127,998 68.0%
1992 61 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 63,213 98.6%
1992 61 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 184,163 67.1%
1996 65 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 164,062 61.7%


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
1983 52 House 90 7 74 8 R 71 21 85 0 86
1984 53 House 83 14 70 20 R 53 38 87 11 75
1985 54 House 84 11 82 14 R 63 33 95 20 74
1986 55 House 86 12 82 13 R 66 31 95 5 82
1987 56 House 84 14 77 15 R 57 40 94 24 64
1988 57 House 92 8 91 8 R 66 33 99 5 96
1989 58 House 88 12 89 9 R 79 21 98 10 79
1990 59 House 96 4 91 9 R 66 34 99 6 88
1991 60 House 95 5 88 10 R 78 19 99 5 85
1992 61 House 90 8 93 5 R 84 14 98 5 92
1993 62 House 89 9 91 4 D 30 64 95 5 100
1994 63 House 89 0 79 4 D 47 44 83 0 100
1997 66 House 84 4 84 5 D 25 67 91 0 83
1998 67 House 88 0 82 7 D 17 72 89 6 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.