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Robert Badham

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 9, 1929 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: October 21, 2005 in Newport Beach, CA

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty 1951-1954

Career:

  • Director/officer of Hoffman Hardware Co., 1952-1969

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1963-1976


Election Results for Robert Badham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 47 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 36,954 31.9%
1976 47 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 148,512 59.3%
1978 49 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 97,313 100.0%
1978 49 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 147,882 65.9%
1980 51 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 90,706 75.5%
1980 51 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 213,999 70.2%
1982 53 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 73,027 100.0%
1982 53 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 144,228 71.5%
1984 55 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 75,039 100.0%
1984 55 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 164,257 64.5%
1986 57 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 53,068 65.6%
1986 57 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 119,829 59.8%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Badham


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 House 91 3 84 6 D 32 57 91 0 100
1978 49 House 82 4 75 7 D 19 55 82 11 91
1979 50 House 83 4 82 5 D 21 66 85 0 100
1980 51 House 82 4 75 6 D 28 55 82 0 88
1981 52 House 80 4 78 9 R 63 13 81 0 92
1982 53 House 88 4 73 6 R 78 6 80 5 81
1983 54 House 84 4 79 4 R 82 4 82 0 95
1984 55 House 81 5 78 8 R 77 13 88 0 95
1985 56 House 82 9 82 4 R 61 23 85 0 95
1986 57 House 86 6 73 7 R 64 12 83 0 90
1987 58 House 86 2 71 7 R 65 20 80 5 100
1988 59 House 55 8 58 3 R 45 12 63 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.