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Susan Davis

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 13, 1944 in Cambridge, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1965
  • University of North Carolina, M.S.W., 1868

Career:

  • Executive director, Aaron Price Fellows, 1990-1994

Elected Office:

  • San Diego school board, 1983-1992
  • CA Assembly, 1994-2001


Election Results for Susan Davis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 56 CA D U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 71,443 100.0%
2000 56 CA D U.S. House District 49 General 1 113,400 49.6%
2002 58 CA D U.S. House District 53 Primary 1 33,546 100.0%
2002 58 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 72,252 62.2%
2004 60 CA D U.S. House District 53 Primary 1 55,791 100.0%
2004 60 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 146,449 66.1%
2006 62 CA D U.S. House District 53 Primary 1 41,231 100.0%
2006 62 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 97,541 67.6%
2008 64 CA D U.S. House District 53 Primary 1 43,171 87.6%
2008 64 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 161,315 68.5%
2010 66 CA D U.S. House District 53 Primary 1 42,976 100.0%
2010 66 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 104,800 62.3%
2012 68 CA D U.S. House District 53 Open Primary 1 70,462 57.8%
2012 68 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 164,825 61.4%
2014 70 CA D U.S. House District 53 Open Primary 1 50,041 56.3%
2014 70 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 87,104 58.8%
2016 72 CA D U.S. House District 53 Open Primary 1 110,831 65.5%
2016 72 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 198,988 67.0%
2018 74 CA D U.S. House District 53 Open Primary 1 93,051 64.1%
2018 74 CA D U.S. House District 53 General 1 185,667 69.1%


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



Ideology Data for Susan Davis


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
2001 57 House 89 11 R 40 60 99 90 12
2002 58 House 93 7 R 39 61 100 90 8
2003 59 House 93 7 R 18 82 99 90 16
2004 60 House 95 5 R 36 64 98 100 4
2005 61 House 95 4 R 20 80 99 89 0
2006 62 House 87 6 R 24 74 94 95 8
2007 63 House 95 3 R 6 93 99 95 0
2008 64 House 99 1 R 17 83 99 95 0
2009 65 House 99 1 D 97 3 99 100 0
2010 66 House 96 2 D 95 5 98 90 0
2011 67 House 94 5 D 96 4 99 80 0
2012 68 House 94 6 D 83 15 99 85 4
2013 69 House 95 4 D 89 9 97 80 12
2014 70 House 95 3 D 94 5 98 79 0
2015 71 House 98 2 D 96 4 100 90 4
2016 72 House 95 4 D 98 2 98 95 0
2017 73 House 94 2 R 17 83 96 89 4
2018 74 House 96 3 R 30 70 99 83 4
2019 75 House 98 0 R 4 94 98 90 0
2020 76 House 97 2 R 6 83 99 85 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.