Election results and ideology ratings for Quentin Burdick -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 19, 1908 in Munich, ND
Died: September 8, 1992 in Fargo, ND

Election Results for Quentin Burdick

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1946	38	ND	D	Governor		Primary	1	14,749	100.0%
1946	38	ND	D	Governor		General	2	52,719	31.1%

1956	48	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	57,928	100.0%
1956	48	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	2	87,919	36.0%

1958	50	ND	D	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	38,131	43.1%
1958	50	ND	D	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	99,562	50.4%

1960	52	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Special	1	104,593	49.7%

1964	56	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	149,264	57.6%

1970	62	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	36,166	100.0%
1970	62	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	134,519	61.3%

1976	68	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	55,444	100.0%
1976	68	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	175,772	62.1%

1982	74	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	44,835	100.0%
1982	74	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	164,873	62.8%

1988	80	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	44,641	100.0%
1988	80	ND	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	1	171,899	59.4%

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

Ideology Data for Quentin Burdick

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1959	51	House			92	6	R	41	52	93	100
1960	52	House	0	88	80	0	R	41	24	74	100

1960	52	Senate			22	0	R	9	5	15	100
1961	53	Senate	8	75	82	2	D	69	10	79	100	0
1962	54	Senate	6	71	82	2	D	69	18	83	92	14
1963	55	Senate	19	74	82	6	D	76	13	89	88	6
1964	56	Senate	14	76	75	11	D	66	19	89	84	0
1965	57	Senate	11	75	79	14	D	72	19	92	88	7
1966	58	Senate	11	70	67	14	D	58	30	84	95	19
1967	59	Senate	20	73	83	12	D	68	25	91	73	36
1968	60	Senate	33	56	70	19	D	64	29	90	64	32
1969	61	Senate	29	58	78	17	R	50	36	89	88	21
1970	62	Senate	22	62	71	15	R	45	41	86	75	19
1971	63	Senate	24	72	87	7	R	35	54	94	85	0
1972	64	Senate	16	79	88	7	R	35	65	97	75	25
1973	65	Senate	16	81	89	10	R	34	63	97	80	8
1974	66	Senate	16	83	83	15	R	37	63	98	81*	19
1975	67	Senate	28	69	80	14	R	40	55	93	67	14
1976	68	Senate	37	56	73	23	R	38	60	96	65	17
1977	69	Senate	64	35	59	39	D	74	25	98	53	22
1978	70	Senate	41	50	61	31	D	54	39	91	58	33
1979	71	Senate	36	55	73	22	D	62	37	95	63	24
1980	72	Senate	25	69	83	10	D	63	33	93	82	22
1981	73	Senate	41	58	81	17	R	52	46	99	75	13
1982	74	Senate	48	51	81	17	R	50	50	95	74	21
1983	75	Senate	36	59	85	14	R	46	54	98	75	12
1984	76	Senate	26	57	78	11	R	31	56	93	100	0
1985	77	Senate	30	70	87	10	R	25	73	98	90	10
1986	78	Senate	20	80	87	13	R	18	81	99	100	5
1987	79	Senate	25	75	88	10	R	33	64	97	95	8
1988	80	Senate	41	59	88	10	R	43	52	97	85	16
1989	81	Senate	29	71	90	10	R	51	48	99	85	12
1990	82	Senate	32	68	86	14	R	27	73	99	89	9
1991	83	Senate	38	58	88	9	R	37	62	98	90	14
1992	84	Senate	43	30	68	15	R	35	50	78	90	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												15%

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.