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Robert Walker

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 23, 1942 in Bradford, PA

Education:

  • Attended College of William & Mary, 1960-1961
  • Millersville University, B.S., 1964
  • University of Delaware, M.A., 1968

Military Service:

  • PA National Guard, 1967-1973

Career:

  • Teacher, 1964-1967
  • Assistant to Rep. Edwin Eshelman, 1967-1976


Election Results for Robert Walker


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 33 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 11,669 19.5%
1976 33 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 97,527 62.3%
1978 35 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,976 76.1%
1978 35 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 91,910 77.0%
1980 37 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 129,765 76.9%
1982 39 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 23,859 87.4%
1982 39 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 93,034 71.3%
1984 41 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 31,572 84.5%
1984 41 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 138,477 77.8%
1986 43 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 100,784 74.6%
1988 45 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 136,944 74.0%
1990 47 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 85,596 66.1%
1992 49 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 137,823 64.8%
1994 51 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 54,345 100.0%
1994 51 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 109,759 69.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Walker


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
1977 34 House 86 10 86 8 D 37 57 94 20 100
1978 35 House 85 12 86 11 D 29 71 95 15 88
1979 36 House 88 7 90 5 D 26 72 94 16 97
1980 37 House 83 15 90 8 D 38 59 95 17 89
1981 38 House 80 15 84 12 R 72 18 92 11 100
1982 39 House 84 16 92 8 R 68 32 99 15 100
1983 40 House 81 19 94 6 R 80 20 99 20 95
1984 41 House 88 12 92 6 R 66 30 93 10 77
1985 42 House 85 15 93 5 R 80 20 99 15 84
1986 43 House 94 6 96 4 R 82 17 99 0 86
1987 44 House 91 9 97 3 R 83 17 99 4 96
1988 45 House 95 5 95 3 R 78 22 98 5 100
1989 46 House 93 7 98 2 R 79 21 99 10 93
1990 47 House 85 15 95 4 R 85 15 99 11 96
1991 48 House 97 3 96 3 R 81 19 99 5 100
1992 49 House 92 4 93 4 R 81 15 97 10 96
1993 50 House 91 9 98 2 D 24 76 99 5 100
1994 51 House 94 6 98 2 D 31 69 100 0 100
1995 52 House 99 1 97 2 D 18 81 99 0 88
1996 53 House 92 4 93 5 D 38 61 98 10 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.