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Robert Wexler

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 2, 1961 in Queens, NY

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1982
  • George Washington University, J.D., 1985

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • FL Senate, 1990-1996


Election Results for Robert Wexler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 35 FL D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 21,142 47.4%
1996 35 FL D U.S. House District 19 Primary Runoff 1 23,439 65.1%
1996 35 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 188,745 65.6%
1998 37 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 39 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 171,080 71.6%
2002 41 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 156,747 72.2%
2004 43 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 0 0.0%
2006 45 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 0 0.0%
2008 47 FL D U.S. House District 19 General 1 202,465 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Wexler


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
1997 36 House 44 49 84 9 D 76 20 94 90 17
1998 37 House 31 69 90 8 D 88 10 95 100 0
1999 38 House 92 6 D 80 17 96 100 8
2000 39 House 86 9 D 74 24 93 85 17
2001 40 House 86 5 R 26 67 90 100 4
2002 41 House 85 11 R 32 64 93 100 9
2003 42 House 93 3 R 22 78 94 100 12
2004 43 House 87 3 R 33 55 88 100 0
2005 44 House 91 3 R 20 70 90 100 0
2006 45 House 88 6 R 26 66 92 95 8
2007 46 House 95 2 R 3 93 94 100 0
2008 47 House 82 1 R 13 67 85 100 5
2009 48 House 94 1 D 93 4 91 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.