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Tom Daschle

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 9, 1947 in Aberdeen, SD

Education:

  • South Dakota State University, B.A., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1969-1972

Career:

  • Assistant to Sen. James Abourezk, 1972-1977


Election Results for Tom Daschle


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 30 SD D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,491 59.3%
1978 30 SD D U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,683 50.1%
1980 32 SD D U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,910 65.8%
1982 34 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 142,122 51.6%
1984 36 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 181,401 57.4%
1986 38 SD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 152,657 51.6%
1992 44 SD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 217,095 64.9%
1998 50 SD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 162,884 62.1%
2004 56 SD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 193,340 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Daschle


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
1979 31 House 36 63 75 25 D 65 33 95 79 18
1980 32 House 44 47 62 30 D 58 32 87 72 24
1981 33 House 37 60 77 17 R 42 57 90 70 25
1982 34 House 34 56 80 14 R 31 62 92 80 40
1983 35 House 42 51 75 12 R 16 76 88 79 18
1984 36 House 41 53 67 17 R 32 60 87 70 18
1985 37 House 33 55 83 9 R 16 71 82 78 18
1986 38 House 44 56 84 15 R 20 80 99 80 18
1987 39 Senate 44 53 88 12 R 37 62 98 85 8
1988 40 Senate 30 70 91 6 R 44 52 96 85 13
1989 41 Senate 24 76 90 9 R 49 51 99 80 8
1990 42 Senate 41 59 87 12 R 31 66 99 83 9
1991 43 Senate 38 63 90 9 R 27 73 99 85 24
1992 44 Senate 37 63 82 18 R 25 75 100 95 23
1993 45 Senate 51 44 89 9 D 92 7 99 75 12
1994 46 Senate 38 63 91 9 D 94 6 100 80 4
1995 47 Senate 35 63 92 7 D 92 8 99 95 4
1996 48 Senate 24 76 94 6 D 93 7 100 90 0
1997 49 Senate 36 56 91 8 D 90 8 97 84 4
1998 50 Senate 38 63 90 10 D 90 10 100 85 4
1999 51 Senate 93 7 93 6 D 84 16 99 95 8
2000 52 Senate 93 7 88 7 D 95 5 97 89 8
2001 53 Senate 98 2 R 67 33 99 100 8
2002 54 Senate 73 18 R 78 22 94 85 22
2003 55 Senate 94 6 R 50 49 99 80 10
2004 56 Senate 90 10 R 63 37 99 95 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.