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Edward Zorinsky

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 11, 1928 in Omaha, NE
Died: March 6, 1987 in Omaha, NE

Education:

  • Attended University of Minnesota, 1945-1946
  • Attended Creighton University, 1946-1948
  • University of Nebraska, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1949-1962

Career:

  • Tobacco/candy businessman, 1950-1973

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Omaha, 1973-1977


Election Results for Edward Zorinsky


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 47 NE D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 79,988 48.6%
1976 47 NE D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 313,805 52.4%
1982 53 NE D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 124,288 99.4%
1982 53 NE D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 363,350 66.6%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Zorinsky


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 48 Senate 75 22 40 57 D 66 33 98 30 68
1978 49 Senate 69 29 39 60 D 45 33 99 25 79
1979 50 Senate 70 30 37 63 D 53 47 99 21 62
1980 51 Senate 87 10 35 62 D 53 44 98 22 70
1981 52 Senate 79 16 49 43 R 61 31 93 20 71
1982 53 Senate 86 14 49 51 R 64 34 99 20 83
1983 54 Senate 79 19 45 52 R 56 42 95 16 92
1984 55 Senate 77 21 45 55 R 61 38 99 11 67
1985 56 Senate 67 30 46 48 R 53 44 95 26 55
1986 57 Senate 71 28 44 55 R 64 36 99 15 70
1987 58 Senate 100 0 80 20 R 14 86 97 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.