Election results and ideology ratings for Samuel Devine -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 21, 1915 in South Bend, IN
Died: June 27, 1997 in Upper Arlington, OH

Election Results for Samuel Devine

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1958	42	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	28,655	62.6%
1958	42	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	100,684	54.4%

1960	44	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	35,759	100.0%
1960	44	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	140,236	60.7%

1962	46	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	49,151	100.0%
1962	46	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	130,316	68.3%

1964	48	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	52,005	100.0%
1964	48	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	146,971	55.4%

1966	50	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	28,180	100.0%
1966	50	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	70,102	64.2%

1968	52	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	34,862	100.0%
1968	52	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	106,664	67.6%

1970	54	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	46,476	100.0%
1970	54	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	82,486	57.7%

1972	56	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	38,854	100.0%
1972	56	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	103,655	56.1%

1974	58	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	29,787	100.0%
1974	58	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	73,303	50.9%

1976	60	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	46,800	100.0%
1976	60	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	90,987	46.5%

1978	62	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	34,255	100.0%
1978	62	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	81,573	56.9%

1980	64	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	43,790	100.0%
1980	64	OH	R	U.S. House	District 12	General	2	98,110	47.4%

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

Ideology Data for Samuel Devine

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1959	43	House	100	0	96	2	R	70	26	95	11
1960	44	House	84	11	80	12	R	40	51	94	13
1961	45	House	87	0	84	2	D	18	72	86	0	100
1962	46	House	100	0	89	2	D	22	75	94	0	100
1963	47	House	80	7	86	3	D	15	75	89	8	100
1964	48	House	100	0	95	2	D	23	75	95	8	94
1965	49	House	96	2	93	2	D	27	69	92	0	100
1966	50	House	68	0	75	1	D	24	53	76	0	92
1967	51	House	89	2	85	4	D	37	54	90	7	100
1968	52	House	92	4	83	4	D	37	52	89	8	100
1969	53	House	82	0	67	9	R	43	38	82	0	86
1970	54	House	73	7	75	6	R	57	29	82	0	94
1971	55	House	85	3	80	7	R	75	16	83	8	100
1972	56	House	82	4	83	4	R	59	22	84	0	90
1973	57	House	90	4	88	6	R	79	18	94	0	92
1974	58	House	86	5	84	4	R	62	26	88	4	83
1975	59	House	94	5	92	5	R	69	30	96	0	94
1976	60	House	94	3	95	5	R	84	14	96	5	100
1977	61	House	91	4	90	5	D	29	66	94	15	95
1978	62	House	93	6	92	6	D	24	71	97	5	96
1979	63	House	92	4	88	7	D	21	74	93	0	95
1980	64	House	83	2	85	4	D	31	61	87	6	95
Lifetime conservative rating:												95%

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.