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Bob Bennett

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 18, 1933 in Salt Lake City, UT
Died: May 4, 2016 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • University of Utah, B.S., 1957

Military Service:

  • UT National Guard, 1957-1960

Career:

  • Congressional liaison to Transportation Department, 1969-1970
  • Public relations businessman, 1970-1978
  • Computer businessman, 1979-1991

Other notes:

  • Son of Wallace Bennett


Election Results for Bob Bennett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 58 UT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 135,514 51.4%
1992 58 UT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 420,069 55.4%
1998 64 UT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 316,652 64.0%
2004 70 UT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 626,640 68.7%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Bennett


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
1993 59 Senate 90 7 91 6 D 31 66 96 5 88
1994 60 Senate 91 6 88 9 D 35 58 96 5 100
1995 61 Senate 89 7 94 4 D 26 73 97 0 81
1996 62 Senate 95 3 88 7 D 34 61 97 5 95
1997 63 Senate 88 12 85 13 D 60 37 97 10 67
1998 64 Senate 100 0 81 15 D 47 42 95 11 64
1999 65 Senate 93 7 93 6 D 31 69 99 0 84
2000 66 Senate 92 8 90 8 D 52 48 99 5 96
2001 67 Senate 96 4 R 94 5 99 5 100
2002 68 Senate 88 5 R 94 2 94 5 100
2003 69 Senate 96 3 R 96 3 98 10 80
2004 70 Senate 93 3 R 93 2 96 20 88
2005 71 Senate 94 3 R 91 7 97 5 92
2006 72 Senate 87 13 R 89 10 99 16 72
2007 73 Senate 85 13 R 82 15 99 16 75
2008 74 Senate 84 15 R 81 19 99 15 64
2009 75 Senate 82 16 D 56 37 96 11 84
2010 76 Senate 79 9 D 32 44 85 15 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.