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Vic Snyder

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 27, 1947 in Medford, OR

Education:

  • Willamette University, B.A., 1975
  • University of Oregon, M.D., 1979
  • University of Arkansas, J.D., 1988

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1969

Career:

  • Physician, 1982-1996

Elected Office:

  • AR Senate, 1991-1996


Election Results for Vic Snyder


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 48 AR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 24,732 32.4%
1996 48 AR D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 31,435 51.3%
1996 48 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 114,841 52.3%
1998 50 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,334 58.0%
2000 52 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 126,957 57.5%
2002 54 AR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,098 72.4%
2002 54 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 142,752 92.9%
2004 56 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 160,834 58.2%
2006 58 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,871 60.5%
2008 60 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 212,303 76.5%


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



Ideology Data for Vic 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
1997 49 House 51 49 87 13 D 84 16 99 80 20
1998 50 House 57 43 79 20 D 80 18 99 85 16
1999 51 House 84 16 D 74 26 99 85 4
2000 52 House 87 10 D 88 10 97 74 4
2001 53 House 71 24 R 30 63 95 89 13
2002 54 House 86 14 R 43 54 96 80 12
2003 55 House 81 15 R 31 62 94 89 17
2004 56 House 85 15 R 42 58 100 95 20
2005 57 House 86 14 R 33 67 99 79 8
2006 58 House 77 13 R 45 55 90 79 17
2007 59 House 94 5 R 10 90 98 85 4
2008 60 House 92 3 R 19 72 96 90 5
2009 61 House 92 5 D 97 3 97 89 4
2010 62 House 95 3 D 93 5 99 84 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.