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Cass Ballenger

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 6, 1926 in Hickory, NC
Died: February 18, 2015 in Hickory, NC

Education:

  • Attended University of North Carolina, 1944-1945
  • Amherst College, B.A., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Air Corps, 1944-1945

Career:

  • Founder/president of packaging company

Elected Office:

  • Catawba County commissioner, 1966-1974
  • NC House, 1974-1976
  • NC Senate, 1976-1986


Election Results for Cass Ballenger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 59 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,703 53.3%
1986 59 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 83,902 57.5%
1986 59 NC R U.S. House District 10 Special 1 82,973 57.5%
1988 61 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 112,554 61.0%
1990 63 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,052 87.2%
1990 63 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 106,400 61.8%
1992 65 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 149,033 63.4%
1994 67 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 107,829 71.5%
1996 69 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 158,585 70.0%
1998 71 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 118,541 85.6%
2000 73 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 164,182 68.2%
2002 75 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,768 59.3%


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



Ideology Data for Cass Ballenger


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
1987 60 House 98 2 91 7 R 71 27 97 8 83
1988 61 House 95 5 94 5 R 63 35 98 10 92
1989 62 House 95 5 93 5 R 79 20 98 11 96
1990 63 House 91 6 90 6 R 73 26 97 6 83
1991 64 House 100 0 93 3 R 79 17 96 11 95
1992 65 House 83 10 90 6 R 69 27 96 10 92
1993 66 House 86 14 93 6 D 29 71 99 5 87
1994 67 House 86 8 95 2 D 35 62 97 5 90
1995 68 House 95 3 95 3 D 17 82 98 0 88
1996 69 House 98 0 95 5 D 33 67 99 0 100
1997 70 House 84 5 90 4 D 27 69 95 10 83
1998 71 House 93 2 92 6 D 22 77 97 5 91
1999 72 House 94 5 D 22 76 99 5 80
2000 73 House 94 3 D 24 70 96 0 92
2001 74 House 94 3 R 86 7 96 0 88
2002 75 House 95 4 R 93 7 97 0 96
2003 76 House 93 2 R 98 2 94 5 88
2004 77 House 76 3 R 82 3 81 0 89
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.