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Allen Boyd

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 6, 1945 in Valdosta, GA

Education:

  • Florida State University, B.S., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1989-1996


Election Results for Allen Boyd


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 51 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 68,588 48.4%
1996 51 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 75,587 64.5%
1996 51 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 138,142 59.4%
1998 53 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 138,440 95.2%
2000 55 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 185,579 72.1%
2002 57 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,164 66.9%
2004 59 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 201,577 61.6%
2006 61 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
2008 63 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 216,804 61.9%
2010 65 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,415 51.5%
2010 65 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 2 105,211 41.4%


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



Ideology Data for Allen Boyd


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
1997 52 House 87 13 68 32 D 61 39 99 55 44
1998 53 House 86 14 68 31 D 61 38 99 65 32
1999 54 House 70 29 D 59 41 99 70 20
2000 55 House 66 31 D 56 44 97 53 40
2001 56 House 69 28 R 42 53 98 72 32
2002 57 House 69 27 R 54 46 98 70 40
2003 58 House 70 24 R 45 45 93 72 42
2004 59 House 64 31 R 61 40 94 70 46
2005 60 House 68 23 R 39 59 92 88 42
2006 61 House 66 33 R 61 37 98 53 63
2007 62 House 88 9 R 13 84 98 84 12
2008 63 House 91 8 R 24 73 99 75 12
2009 64 House 87 9 D 83 14 95 79 13
2010 65 House 79 10 D 68 20 91 84 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.