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John Culver

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1932 in Rochester, MN
Died: December 26, 2018 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Harvard College, 1954, Law School, 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-1958

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for John Culver


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 31 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,197 62.7%
1964 31 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,470 52.2%
1966 33 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 8,269 100.0%
1966 33 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,281 54.0%
1968 35 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,988 100.0%
1968 35 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 19,988 100.0%
1968 35 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,651 55.0%
1970 37 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,857 100.0%
1970 37 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,049 60.5%
1972 39 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,490 100.0%
1972 39 IA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 115,489 59.2%
1974 41 IA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 111,788 100.0%
1974 41 IA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 462,947 52.0%
1980 47 IA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 95,656 99.9%
1980 47 IA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 581,545 45.5%


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



Ideology Data for John Culver


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
1965 32 House 8 73 76 3 D 82 4 82 74 12
1966 33 House 22 65 71 15 D 76 11 85 67 20
1967 34 House 6 87 89 4 D 88 4 89 87 7
1968 35 House 12 67 72 12 D 69 7 77 100 10
1969 36 House 0 91 85 5 R 53 40 88 93 20
1970 37 House 9 73 76 14 R 62 31 88 100 11
1971 38 House 3 87 77 10 R 25 63 83 100 17
1972 39 House 9 76 69 15 R 43 43 86 88 0
1973 40 House 13 80 82 13 R 34 61 89 92 4
1974 41 House 12 66 66 16 R 45 40 75 91 0
1975 42 Senate 2 86 90 4 R 42 51 93 100* 3
1976 43 Senate 5 87 86 5 R 32 55 89 95 0
1977 44 Senate 2 91 85 6 D 76 20 92 95 0
1978 45 Senate 6 92 92 3 D 85 7 94 89 4
1979 46 Senate 8 73 75 10 D 76 12 83 82 3
1980 47 Senate 4 71 69 8 D 59 27 76 88 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.