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Doug Applegate

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 27, 1928 in Steubenville, OH
Died: August 7, 2021 in Spring Hill, FL

Education:

  • Steubenville High School, 1947

Career:

  • Real estate businessman

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1961-1969
  • OH Senate, 1969-1976


Election Results for Doug Applegate


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 48 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 116,901 62.9%
1978 50 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 42,442 82.1%
1978 50 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 71,894 59.5%
1980 52 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 61,060 100.0%
1980 52 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 134,835 76.1%
1982 54 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 51,317 100.0%
1982 54 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 128,665 100.0%
1984 56 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 80,293 91.3%
1984 56 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 155,759 75.9%
1986 58 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 52,743 90.5%
1986 58 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 126,526 100.0%
1988 60 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 80,058 100.0%
1988 60 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 151,306 76.6%
1990 62 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 64,104 87.7%
1990 62 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 120,782 74.3%
1992 64 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 74,405 100.0%
1992 64 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 166,189 68.3%


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



Ideology Data for Doug Applegate


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 49 House 45 52 68 27 D 66 33 93 32 35
1978 50 House 57 37 54 40 D 46 46 88 21 43
1979 51 House 69 24 34 60 D 30 63 89 18 63
1980 52 House 73 22 37 55 D 45 50 84 22 58
1981 53 House 72 25 45 50 R 45 53 83 35 33
1982 54 House 56 41 64 31 R 39 57 84 45 45
1983 55 House 48 49 69 27 R 27 72 88 70 32
1984 56 House 54 44 65 32 R 39 60 92 50 35
1985 57 House 45 51 63 23 R 29 69 91 55 21
1986 58 House 50 50 75 20 R 24 74 96 65 23
1987 59 House 60 40 73 23 R 31 68 96 64 13
1988 60 House 63 29 71 24 R 28 65 95 70 24
1989 61 House 63 34 67 29 R 45 52 96 74 33
1990 62 House 52 46 73 24 R 30 69 98 50 33
1991 63 House 65 30 66 31 R 41 59 97 47 45
1992 64 House 38 60 79 20 R 28 70 98 70 13
1993 65 House 68 32 75 24 D 66 33 98 80 33
1994 66 House 58 36 75 15 D 72 22 89 53 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


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.