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James Walsh

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 19, 1947 in Syracuse, NY

Education:

  • St. Bonaventure University, B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Peace Corps, 1970-1972
  • NY Department of Social Services, 1972-1974
  • Marketing executive, 1974-1988

Elected Office:

  • Syracuse city council, 1978-1988


Election Results for James Walsh


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 41 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 124,928 57.5%
1990 43 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 95,220 63.2%
1992 45 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 135,076 55.7%
1994 47 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 113,949 57.6%
1996 49 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 126,691 55.1%
1998 51 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 121,204 69.4%
2000 53 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 151,880 69.0%
2002 55 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 144,610 72.3%
2004 57 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 189,063 90.4%
2006 59 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 110,525 50.8%


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



Ideology Data for James Walsh


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
1989 42 House 85 12 57 42 R 69 30 98 35 64
1990 43 House 74 24 54 41 R 44 54 96 44 58
1991 44 House 76 22 67 32 R 70 28 98 25 63
1992 45 House 83 13 65 33 R 64 35 98 25 71
1993 46 House 89 11 78 20 D 49 51 98 35 67
1994 47 House 86 14 73 26 D 69 29 98 17 67
1995 48 House 94 5 89 10 D 25 74 97 11 76
1996 49 House 94 4 79 21 D 47 52 99 21 68
1997 50 House 89 9 85 13 D 36 61 98 35 75
1998 51 House 86 12 73 27 D 35 63 98 30 44
1999 52 House 77 22 D 30 70 97 35 64
2000 53 House 78 21 D 42 58 98 20 56
2001 54 House 90 8 R 86 12 97 11 76
2002 55 House 87 13 R 82 14 96 15 75
2003 56 House 92 6 R 91 7 97 5 79
2004 57 House 85 13 R 82 18 98 21 67
2005 58 House 88 8 R 83 13 94 0 65
2006 59 House 81 16 R 82 16 97 26 63
2007 60 House 66 28 R 41 54 95 42 54
2008 61 House 77 17 R 46 41 93 56 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   65%


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.