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David Wu

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 8, 1955 in Taiwan

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.S., 1977
  • Attended Harvard University Medical School
  • Yale University, J.D., 1982

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1982-1983
  • Staff member, Gary Hart presidential campaign, 1984


Election Results for David Wu


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 43 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,100 52.2%
1998 43 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,993 50.1%
2000 45 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 61,578 99.3%
2000 45 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 176,902 58.3%
2002 47 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 54,501 100.0%
2002 47 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,215 62.7%
2004 49 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 62,001 100.0%
2004 49 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 203,771 57.5%
2006 51 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 55,188 87.4%
2006 51 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 169,409 62.8%
2008 53 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 91,466 78.1%
2008 53 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 237,567 71.5%
2010 55 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 61,439 81.3%
2010 55 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 160,357 54.7%


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



Ideology Data for David Wu


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
1999 44 House 84 11 D 69 26 94 100 4
2000 45 House 83 17 D 60 40 99 90 20
2001 46 House 82 18 R 30 70 99 100 8
2002 47 House 88 12 R 46 54 99 95 16
2003 48 House 89 9 R 33 67 99 90 20
2004 49 House 89 10 R 39 61 99 90 12
2005 50 House 91 8 R 28 70 99 100 8
2006 51 House 90 8 R 24 76 99 90 12
2007 52 House 96 3 R 2 97 99 100 0
2008 53 House 94 3 R 13 83 97 95 4
2009 54 House 96 2 D 94 3 97 100 0
2010 55 House 86 8 D 83 12 95 94 0
2011 56 House 68 5 D 67 12 72 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.