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Evan Bayh

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 26, 1955 in Terre Haute, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, B.A., 1978
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1981

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IN Secretary of State, 1986-1989

Other notes:

  • Son of Birch Bayh


Election Results for Evan Bayh


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 30 IN D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 828,494 53.3%
1988 32 IN D Governor Primary 1 493,198 83.1%
1988 32 IN D Governor General 1 1,138,574 53.2%
1992 36 IN D Governor Primary 1 390,938 100.0%
1992 36 IN D Governor General 1 1,382,151 62.0%
1998 42 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 324,923 100.0%
1998 42 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,012,244 63.7%
2004 48 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 304,267 100.0%
2004 48 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,496,976 61.6%
2016 60 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 1,158,947 42.4%


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



Ideology Data for Evan Bayh


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
1999 43 Senate 88 12 88 12 D 89 11 100 90 12
2000 44 Senate 92 8 92 8 D 98 2 100 80 16
2001 45 Senate 82 18 R 67 33 100 100 32
2002 46 Senate 71 28 R 81 19 99 70 30
2003 47 Senate 82 18 R 55 45 99 75 30
2004 48 Senate 77 21 R 73 27 97 90 20
2005 49 Senate 90 10 R 38 62 98 95 20
2006 50 Senate 88 11 R 54 39 97 85 16
2007 51 Senate 78 21 R 42 58 98 95 12
2008 52 Senate 62 33 R 50 48 96 70 29
2009 53 Senate 63 36 D 76 23 99 80 40
2010 54 Senate 61 29 D 84 3 89 79 39
Lifetime conservative rating:   24%


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.