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Bill Young

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 16, 1930 in Harmarville, PA
Died: October 18, 2013 in Bethesda, MD

Military Service:

  • Army National Guard, 1948-1957

Career:

  • Aide to Rep. William Cramer, 1957-1960
  • Chairman of FL Constitution Revision Commission, 1965-1967

Elected Office:

  • FL Senate, 1960-1970


Election Results for Bill Young


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 39 FL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 57,587 76.9%
1970 39 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 120,486 67.2%
1972 41 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 156,150 76.0%
1974 43 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 109,302 75.8%
1976 45 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 151,371 65.2%
1978 47 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 150,694 78.8%
1980 49 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%
1982 51 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 0 0.0%
1984 53 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 184,553 80.3%
1986 55 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 57 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 169,165 73.0%
1990 59 FL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 0 0.0%
1992 61 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 149,606 56.6%
1994 63 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 0 0.0%
1996 65 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 114,443 66.6%
1998 67 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 69 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 146,799 75.7%
2002 71 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 0 0.0%
2004 73 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 207,175 69.3%
2006 75 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 131,488 65.9%
2008 77 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 182,781 60.7%
2010 79 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 137,943 65.9%
2012 81 FL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 39,395 69.1%
2012 81 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 189,605 57.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Young


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
1971 40 House 89 6 86 8 R 81 16 92 6 100
1972 41 House 76 17 76 20 R 65 32 91 13 80
1973 42 House 78 15 79 16 R 65 31 96 16 79
1974 43 House 80 12 79 15 R 75 25 94 4* 76
1975 44 House 87 10 82 11 R 55 40 91 17 94
1976 45 House 88 10 84 16 R 69 29 97 5 83
1977 46 House 83 5 84 7 D 44 48 90 11 89
1978 47 House 92 7 83 14 D 31 68 97 10 88
1979 48 House 96 3 89 9 D 30 68 96 11 92
1980 49 House 94 4 85 13 D 40 56 97 11 84
1981 50 House 88 7 83 12 R 72 24 95 5 100
1982 51 House 84 5 74 17 R 74 16 90 10 86
1983 52 House 87 11 77 18 R 74 23 93 5 95
1984 53 House 85 8 68 24 R 54 38 91 26 61
1985 54 House 87 9 80 14 R 74 25 93 5 68
1986 55 House 84 14 75 18 R 72 26 94 6 95
1987 56 House 84 9 76 17 R 59 36 91 12 87
1988 57 House 97 3 86 8 R 59 36 94 10 88
1989 58 House 95 2 83 13 R 71 26 97 10 86
1990 59 House 93 6 74 21 R 68 30 94 17 79
1991 60 House 78 16 72 22 R 73 23 96 33 85
1992 61 House 90 8 81 16 R 65 34 97 15 75
1993 62 House 91 9 82 11 D 34 63 94 15 88
1994 63 House 78 14 84 12 D 54 44 97 26 81
1995 64 House 87 2 89 7 D 19 74 94 11 72
1996 65 House 75 8 68 6 D 32 48 73 6 88
1997 66 House 91 7 84 10 D 27 71 94 11 79
1998 67 House 76 0 77 7 D 20 61 83 0 90
1999 68 House 83 10 D 26 63 94 21 74
2000 69 House 83 9 D 30 62 91 5 73
2001 70 House 93 4 R 91 9 97 5 80
2002 71 House 90 6 R 89 11 92 0 96
2003 72 House 88 5 R 87 5 90 11 91
2004 73 House 87 9 R 82 15 91 10 87
2005 74 House 81 7 R 80 17 85 6 87
2006 75 House 89 9 R 89 11 99 10 84
2007 76 House 80 17 R 62 38 96 30 72
2008 77 House 90 8 R 61 36 95 28 88
2009 78 House 72 22 D 33 65 91 16 92
2010 79 House 60 7 D 22 44 66 15 84
2011 80 House 81 10 D 25 66 90 0 74
2012 81 House 84 9 D 17 75 92 0 76
2013 82 House 52 5 D 10 48 58 8 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.