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Barbara Vucanovich

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 22, 1921 in Camp Dix, NJ
Died: June 10, 2013 in Reno, NV

Education:

  • Attended Manhattan College of Sacred Heart, 1938-1939

Career:

  • Businesswoman
  • Owner of travel agency, 1968-1974
  • District representative for Sen. Paul Laxalt, 1974-1982


Election Results for Barbara Vucanovich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 61 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,453 39.3%
1982 61 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,188 55.5%
1984 63 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,775 71.2%
1986 65 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,479 58.4%
1988 67 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,981 57.3%
1990 69 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,166 84.1%
1990 69 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,508 59.1%
1992 71 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,792 69.5%
1992 71 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 129,575 47.9%
1994 73 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 58,378 78.1%
1994 73 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 142,202 63.5%


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



Ideology Data for Barbara Vucanovich


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
1983 62 House 90 7 87 6 R 78 16 93 0 95
1984 63 House 90 5 83 11 R 64 31 93 10 95
1985 64 House 91 7 87 9 R 70 29 96 10 84
1986 65 House 90 10 84 12 R 69 24 96 0 86
1987 66 House 91 9 89 7 R 63 31 95 20 74
1988 67 House 92 3 92 4 R 68 32 97 10 92
1989 68 House 98 2 91 5 R 79 19 95 5 89
1990 69 House 89 2 84 8 R 72 23 94 6 88
1991 70 House 95 5 87 9 R 84 14 97 0 100
1992 71 House 81 10 84 13 R 84 12 97 5 96
1993 72 House 80 7 86 9 D 33 61 96 12 100
1994 73 House 100 0 86 12 D 50 45 98 0 100
1995 74 House 99 0 95 4 D 22 77 98 0 76
1996 75 House 100 0 92 5 D 34 66 97 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.