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Jim Bates

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1941 in Denver, CO

Education:

  • San Diego State University, B.A., 1975

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1959-1963

Career:

  • Banker/businessman, 1963-1970

Elected Office:

  • San Diego city council, 1971-1974
  • San Diego supervisor, 1975-1982


Election Results for Jim Bates


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 38 CA D U.S. House District 41 Primary 2 32,272 42.1%
1982 40 CA D U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 32,155 71.9%
1982 40 CA D U.S. House District 44 General 1 78,474 64.9%
1984 42 CA D U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 41,257 86.6%
1984 42 CA D U.S. House District 44 General 1 99,378 69.7%
1986 44 CA D U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 38,898 100.0%
1986 44 CA D U.S. House District 44 General 1 70,557 64.2%
1988 46 CA D U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 43,858 100.0%
1988 46 CA D U.S. House District 44 General 1 90,796 59.7%
1990 48 CA D U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 25,419 62.6%
1990 48 CA D U.S. House District 44 General 2 48,712 44.8%
1992 50 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 3 8,416 20.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Bates


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
1983 41 House 18 78 86 11 R 20 77 95 85 9
1984 42 House 14 78 84 9 R 26 68 94 95 0
1985 43 House 25 73 79 14 R 30 70 96 80 32
1986 44 House 24 76 83 15 R 19 81 98 90 0
1987 45 House 19 77 77 17 R 21 76 92 96 9
1988 46 House 13 79 86 6 R 17 76 94 100 8
1989 47 House 7 88 88 9 R 23 77 96 100 7
1990 48 House 24 72 80 14 R 16 80 92 94 18
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.