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Charlie Bass

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 8, 1952 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Dartmouth University, A.B., 1974

Career:

  • Field worker for Rep. William Cohen, 1974
  • Assistant to Rep. David Emery, 1975-1979
  • Corporate VP, 1980-1993

Elected Office:

  • NH House, 1982-1988
  • NH Senate, 1988-1992

Other notes:

  • Son of Perkins Bass


Election Results for Charlie Bass


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 28 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 3 10,689 21.7%
1994 42 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,526 28.7%
1994 42 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,121 51.4%
1996 44 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,403 66.1%
1996 44 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,001 50.5%
1998 46 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,601 82.0%
1998 46 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,740 53.1%
2000 48 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,928 99.0%
2000 48 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,581 56.2%
2002 50 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 61,473 86.4%
2002 50 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,804 56.8%
2004 52 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,414 71.4%
2004 52 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 191,188 58.3%
2006 54 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,068 75.7%
2006 54 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 2 94,088 45.6%
2010 58 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,457 42.6%
2010 58 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 108,610 48.3%
2012 60 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,605 81.2%
2012 60 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 2 152,977 45.3%


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



Ideology Data for Charlie Bass


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
1995 43 House 90 9 90 9 D 25 75 99 15 76
1996 44 House 78 20 91 9 D 34 66 99 0 100
1997 45 House 82 18 86 13 D 39 61 99 15 80
1998 46 House 81 19 78 22 D 33 66 99 10 63
1999 47 House 83 16 D 28 72 98 20 68
2000 48 House 84 15 D 34 64 99 21 75
2001 49 House 84 16 R 79 21 99 25 60
2002 50 House 85 15 R 82 18 99 15 83
2003 51 House 90 9 R 78 22 99 20 68
2004 52 House 84 15 R 64 36 98 45 56
2005 53 House 86 13 R 67 33 98 26 58
2006 54 House 81 18 R 71 26 99 40 56
2011 59 House 81 17 D 26 73 98 15 52
2012 60 House 75 23 D 32 66 97 21 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.