Election results and ideology ratings for Robert Taft, Jr. -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 26, 1917 in Cincinnati, OH
Died: December 7, 1993 in Cincinnati, OH

Election Results for Robert Taft, Jr.

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1962	45	OH	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	509,253	91.4%
1962	45	OH	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	1,786,018	60.5%

1964	47	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	606,944	79.1%
1964	47	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	2	1,906,781	49.8%

1966	49	OH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	21,002	79.7%
1966	49	OH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	70,366	52.9%

1968	51	OH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	16,113	100.0%
1968	51	OH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	102,219	67.2%

1970	53	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	472,202	50.3%
1970	53	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	1,565,682	49.7%

1976	59	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	793,258	100.0%
1976	59	OH	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	2	1,823,774	46.5%

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

Ideology Data for Robert Taft, Jr.

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1963	46	House	60	20	77	10	D	34	56	84	0	86
1964	47	House	92	8	74	11	D	38	58	88	17	81
1967	50	House	57	34	64	23	D	52	38	85	21	42
1968	51	House	46	36	57	23	D	48	32	78	40	60
1969	52	House	34	41	29	38	R	66	19	75	36	20
1970	53	House	55	23	50	22	R	66	6	59	36	59

1971	54	Senate	53	21	61	19	R	74	7	78	32	58
1972	55	Senate	62	16	62	14	R	62	24	72	35	50
1973	56	Senate	54	18	57	19	R	58	17	77	33	50
1974	57	Senate	52	43	57	36	R	60	33	92	38*	50
1975	58	Senate	35	31	44	21	R	56	16	66	22	49
1976	59	Senate	62	21	58	25	R	60	25	79	25	42
Lifetime conservative rating:												54%

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.