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Glenn Browder

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 15, 1943 in Sumter, SC

Education:

  • Presbyterian College, B.A., 1965
  • Emory University, M.A, Ph.D., 1971

Career:

  • Sportswriter for Atlanta Journal, 1966
  • Investigator for U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1966-1968
  • Assistant professor, Jacksonville State University, 1971-1987
  • President of Data Associates, 1978-1987

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1982-1986
  • AL Secretary of State, 1987-1989


Election Results for Glenn Browder


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 43 AL D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 365,163 51.5%
1986 43 AL D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 644,492 61.4%
1989 46 AL D U.S. House District 03 Special Primary 1 14,715 24.7%
1989 46 AL D U.S. House District 03 Special Primary Runoff 1 44,647 62.9%
1989 46 AL D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 47,294 65.3%
1990 47 AL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,923 73.7%
1992 49 AL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 119,175 60.3%
1994 51 AL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 88,473 85.4%
1994 51 AL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,924 63.6%
1996 53 AL D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 91,203 28.9%
1996 53 AL D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 88,415 38.4%


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



Ideology Data for Glenn Browder


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
1989 46 House 89 11 68 30 R 54 44 98 44 58
1990 47 House 93 7 74 25 R 41 59 99 33 58
1991 48 House 92 5 74 23 R 41 58 98 32 50
1992 49 House 83 13 75 23 R 43 53 98 45 46
1993 50 House 91 9 75 23 D 76 24 98 20 52
1994 51 House 92 6 73 23 D 77 23 97 26 62
1995 52 House 92 7 54 43 D 53 46 97 45 50
1996 53 House 90 2 56 38 D 53 38 94 40 58
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.