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Charles Taylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1941 in Brevard, NC

Education:

  • Wake Forest University, B.A., 1963, J.D., 1966

Career:

  • Tree farmer

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1967-1973
  • NC Senate, 1973-1975


Election Results for Charles Taylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 47 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 2 106,907 49.6%
1990 49 NC R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 16,381 56.1%
1990 49 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 101,991 50.7%
1992 51 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 130,158 54.7%
1994 53 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 115,826 60.1%
1996 55 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 132,860 58.3%
1998 57 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 112,908 56.6%
2000 59 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 146,677 55.1%
2002 61 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 112,335 55.5%
2004 63 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 1 159,709 54.9%
2006 65 NC R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,413 80.3%
2006 65 NC R U.S. House District 11 General 2 107,342 46.2%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Taylor


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
1991 50 House 95 5 91 7 R 84 16 99 10 90
1992 51 House 88 10 89 8 R 76 19 96 16 87
1993 52 House 86 14 93 5 D 27 71 97 5 100
1994 53 House 92 6 92 6 D 36 63 97 5 100
1995 54 House 97 1 96 3 D 16 81 98 0 88
1996 55 House 100 0 90 4 D 30 62 93 5 100
1997 56 House 85 2 85 5 D 27 69 89 0 91
1998 57 House 95 0 93 4 D 17 80 94 5 96
1999 58 House 94 3 D 13 76 92 5 100
2000 59 House 90 6 D 16 78 91 5 92
2001 60 House 94 2 R 84 14 91 10 92
2002 61 House 93 3 R 82 18 91 5 96
2003 62 House 91 4 R 85 13 90 15 80
2004 63 House 92 7 R 76 24 95 5 88
2005 64 House 94 3 R 78 17 96 0 92
2006 65 House 92 3 R 79 8 93 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.