RightDataUSA


Julian Dixon

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1934 in Washington, D.C.
Died: December 8, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • Los Angeles State College, B.A., 1962
  • Southwestern University, LL.B., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1957-1960

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1972-1978



Election Results for Julian Dixon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 43 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 42,988 47.9%
1978 43 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 97,592 100.0%
1980 45 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 50,833 100.0%
1980 45 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 108,725 79.2%
1982 47 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 59,500 100.0%
1982 47 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 103,469 78.9%
1984 49 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 67,087 91.2%
1984 49 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 113,076 75.6%
1986 51 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 52,205 92.7%
1986 51 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 92,635 76.3%
1988 53 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 76,405 100.0%
1988 53 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 109,801 76.1%
1990 55 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 40,406 100.0%
1990 55 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 69,482 72.7%
1992 57 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 59,875 100.0%
1992 57 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 150,644 87.2%
1994 59 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 51,291 89.7%
1994 59 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 98,107 77.6%
1996 61 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 58,320 100.0%
1996 61 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 124,712 82.4%
1998 63 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 76,661 100.0%
1998 63 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 112,253 86.7%
2000 65 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 84,307 93.0%
2000 65 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 137,447 83.5%


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




Ideology Data for Julian Dixon


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 44 House 6 84 84 3 D 76 15 80 94 3
1980 45 House 8 79 75 4 D 63 20 74 100 11
1981 46 House 11 71 85 5 R 37 54 84 90 0
1982 47 House 15 73 79 7 R 32 55 81 85 20
1983 48 House 8 80 81 1 R 13 71 82 95 0
1984 49 House 12 75 79 4 R 25 61 84 100 5
1985 50 House 11 67 84 1 R 18 75 85 95 0
1986 51 House 12 70 80 2 R 13 74 85 100 0
1987 52 House 7 79 81 1 R 15 83 82 96 0
1988 53 House 3 92 85 0 R 17 71 87 100 0
1989 54 House 17 76 87 2 R 29 63 88 94 0
1990 55 House 17 83 89 3 R 20 78 94 100 4
1991 56 House 14 84 88 4 R 26 66 91 89 0
1992 57 House 23 71 85 6 R 18 77 92 80 4
1993 58 House 36 64 93 4 D 94 6 98 80 8
1994 59 House 14 78 93 1 D 87 9 96 88 10
1995 60 House 24 74 91 6 D 85 13 97 95 4
1996 61 House 39 59 89 9 D 82 15 98 90 0
1997 62 House 36 62 86 11 D 76 20 95 90 12
1998 63 House 17 71 85 5 D 76 13 89 100 0
1999 64 House 94 3 D 81 15 97 100 0
2000 65 House 89 5 D 82 14 94 83 9
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.