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Gene Snyder

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 26, 1928 in Louisville, KY
Died: February 16, 2007 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • Univeristy of Louisville, LL.B., J.D., 1950

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Jeffersontown city attorney, 1954-1958
  • Jefferson county magistrate, 1958-1962
  • Businessman


Election Results for Gene Snyder


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 34 KY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 9,288 81.6%
1962 34 KY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 94,579 50.8%
1964 36 KY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,792 93.8%
1964 36 KY R U.S. House District 03 General 2 101,168 46.2%
1966 38 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 9,363 51.1%
1966 38 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,801 53.9%
1968 40 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 103,793 65.0%
1970 42 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,582 90.8%
1970 42 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,037 66.6%
1972 44 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 110,902 73.8%
1974 46 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 63,845 51.7%
1976 48 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 97,493 55.9%
1978 50 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 62,087 65.8%
1980 52 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 126,049 67.0%
1982 54 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,583 89.6%
1982 54 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,109 54.2%
1984 56 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,398 53.7%


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



Ideology Data for Gene Snyder


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
1963 35 House 87 0 95 0 D 15 83 95 8 100
1964 36 House 75 17 74 11 D 27 71 87 8 93
1967 39 House 94 4 85 10 D 39 54 91 13 93
1968 40 House 76 0 68 6 D 35 47 78 0 95
1969 41 House 82 4 67 20 R 40 45 84 7 92
1970 42 House 66 7 57 24 R 49 29 75 6 71
1971 43 House 72 24 69 26 R 54 42 92 23 90
1972 44 House 79 15 73 22 R 43 46 91 6 78
1973 45 House 81 17 77 20 R 54 44 96 21 84
1974 46 House 78 13 66 21 R 57 38 85 20 70
1975 47 House 84 15 78 21 R 52 46 97 5 83
1976 48 House 88 8 82 12 R 67 27 94 5 94
1977 49 House 90 5 85 12 D 39 56 97 11 82
1978 50 House 90 7 83 14 D 28 69 98 15 92
1979 51 House 97 3 85 14 D 26 72 97 5 82
1980 52 House 93 7 85 14 D 36 63 97 11 89
1981 53 House 77 23 77 23 R 66 34 98 25 75
1982 54 House 85 15 74 24 R 68 32 98 11 73
1983 55 House 83 17 77 21 R 70 29 97 10 91
1984 56 House 85 12 66 32 R 58 41 97 15 67
1985 57 House 85 13 60 33 R 65 33 94 10 79
1986 58 House 78 10 59 25 R 73 22 87 6 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.