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Doug Barnard

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 20, 1922 in Augusta, GA
Died: January 11, 2019 in Augusta, GA

Education:

  • Mercer University, A.B., 1942, LL.B., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Banker, 1948-1962
  • Executive secretary to GA Governor Carl Sanders, 1963-1966
  • GA Department of Transportation, 1966-1976


Election Results for Doug Barnard


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 54 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,945 26.7%
1976 54 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary Runoff 1 43,294 51.7%
1976 54 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 94,782 99.9%
1978 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 48,096 72.0%
1978 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 50,122 100.0%
1980 58 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 73,333 100.0%
1980 58 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,177 80.2%
1982 60 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 38,535 100.0%
1982 60 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,311 100.0%
1984 62 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 66,994 85.1%
1984 62 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 116,364 100.0%
1986 64 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 50,350 100.0%
1986 64 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 79,548 67.3%
1988 66 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 118,156 64.0%
1990 68 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 61,976 71.0%
1990 68 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,683 58.3%


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



Ideology Data for Doug Barnard


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 55 House 79 17 47 48 D 51 37 92 20 66
1978 56 House 77 12 32 57 D 40 46 86 12 58
1979 57 House 87 8 42 53 D 46 49 91 5 68
1980 58 House 79 13 47 44 D 53 41 92 11 61
1981 59 House 84 1 26 61 R 67 18 84 0 92
1982 60 House 88 5 46 47 R 60 31 91 11 79
1983 61 House 78 12 41 53 R 59 30 91 11 81
1984 62 House 69 8 48 34 R 44 39 83 18 61
1985 63 House 87 5 53 37 R 54 41 92 15 68
1986 64 House 70 4 52 33 R 54 32 81 26 68
1987 65 House 91 2 50 39 R 53 35 88 28 61
1988 66 House 82 0 56 26 R 38 43 80 29 65
1989 67 House 85 5 56 36 R 67 24 92 12 79
1990 68 House 89 6 52 37 R 49 40 87 22 77
1991 69 House 89 5 62 32 R 60 36 93 15 55
1992 70 House 56 6 32 23 R 44 21 57 0 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   68%


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.