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Bob Traxler

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1931 in Kawkawlin, MI
Died: October 30, 2019 in Bay City, MI

Education:

  • Michigan State University, B.A., 1953
  • Detroit College of Law, LL.B., 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1953-1955

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Bay County prosecutor, 1960-1962

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1962-1974


Election Results for Bob Traxler


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 42 MI D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 26,681 100.0%
1974 42 MI D U.S. House District 08 Special Primary 1 20,908 84.9%
1974 42 MI D U.S. House District 08 Special 1 59,993 51.5%
1974 42 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 77,795 54.8%
1976 44 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 110,127 59.0%
1978 46 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 103,346 66.6%
1980 48 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 124,155 60.7%
1982 50 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 113,515 91.0%
1984 52 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 126,161 64.4%
1986 54 MI D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,066 93.4%
1986 54 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,406 72.6%
1988 56 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 139,904 72.1%
1990 58 MI D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,327 100.0%
1990 58 MI D U.S. House District 08 General 1 98,903 68.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Traxler


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
1974 42 House 35 58 75 18 R 45 52 91 68 11
1975 43 House 22 75 82 13 R 30 67 94 89 14
1976 44 House 29 63 69 23 R 20 75 91 63 27
1977 45 House 33 57 70 20 D 56 27 89 67 20
1978 46 House 26 68 75 18 D 66 25 88 45 21
1979 47 House 38 56 75 13 D 67 21 86 47 21
1980 48 House 33 59 76 17 D 63 30 92 59 24
1981 49 House 37 56 79 14 R 39 57 91 68 25
1982 50 House 25 68 84 7 R 27 61 87 79 21
1983 51 House 24 70 82 8 R 6 88 90 90 23
1984 52 House 22 66 80 8 R 28 59 88 74 24
1985 53 House 16 71 83 5 R 26 74 89 84 5
1986 54 House 34 54 79 7 R 19 73 89 84 9
1987 55 House 28 60 86 5 R 23 73 92 83 4
1988 56 House 26 68 84 7 R 19 73 90 89 14
1989 57 House 32 63 83 10 R 28 63 93 94 12
1990 58 House 39 57 81 11 R 25 66 92 59 9
1991 59 House 41 49 83 9 R 28 65 92 80 16
1992 60 House 8 25 48 1 R 10 40 50 89 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.