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David Bonior

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 6, 1945 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • University of Iowa, B.A., 1967
  • Chapman College, M.A., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1968-1972

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1973-1977


Election Results for David Bonior


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 31 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 18,283 37.3%
1976 31 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 94,815 52.4%
1978 33 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 82,892 54.9%
1980 35 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 20,383 82.5%
1980 35 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 112,698 55.3%
1982 37 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 103,851 65.5%
1984 39 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 113,772 58.3%
1986 41 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 25,694 90.2%
1986 41 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 87,643 66.4%
1988 43 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 108,158 53.6%
1990 45 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 23,121 85.6%
1990 45 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 98,232 64.7%
1992 47 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,344 100.0%
1992 47 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 138,193 53.1%
1994 49 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 36,546 99.8%
1994 49 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 121,876 62.3%
1996 51 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 26,721 100.0%
1996 51 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 132,829 54.4%
1998 53 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,011 100.0%
1998 53 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 108,770 52.4%
2000 55 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,835 89.2%
2000 55 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 181,818 64.4%
2002 57 MI D Governor Primary 2 292,958 28.0%


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



Ideology Data for David Bonior


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 32 House 10 88 84 15 D 77 23 94 90 16
1978 33 House 7 86 86 10 D 79 15 92 90 4
1979 34 House 7 83 87 7 D 79 14 90 95 5
1980 35 House 8 82 79 6 D 68 21 83 88 12
1981 36 House 9 85 86 8 R 25 74 93 90 0
1982 37 House 12 71 85 5 R 26 58 86 88 15
1983 38 House 13 81 87 6 R 21 78 91 85 5
1984 39 House 10 83 84 4 R 25 69 88 89 9
1985 40 House 5 84 90 3 R 19 76 91 95 6
1986 41 House 6 84 90 1 R 16 79 92 100 0
1987 42 House 5 88 79 1 R 11 73 83 96 4
1988 43 House 3 92 93 2 R 19 80 96 95 4
1989 44 House 15 83 92 4 R 36 63 98 95 4
1990 45 House 6 94 95 4 R 18 81 98 94 8
1991 46 House 8 89 94 5 R 30 68 98 95 0
1992 47 House 10 71 79 3 R 12 72 80 94 0
1993 48 House 20 77 93 4 D 80 16 96 90 9
1994 49 House 11 86 97 1 D 79 21 97 95 5
1995 50 House 11 87 95 5 D 79 20 99 95 16
1996 51 House 16 84 95 5 D 78 20 99 95 5
1997 52 House 20 76 91 8 D 71 27 96 89 12
1998 53 House 7 93 94 5 D 80 16 99 95 16
1999 54 House 93 5 D 76 24 97 90 4
2000 55 House 97 3 D 74 26 98 100 8
2001 56 House 92 6 R 19 79 96 95 20
2002 57 House 71 3 R 14 50 68 88 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.