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Robert Dole

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1923 in Russell, KS
Died: December 5, 2021 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Washburn University, B.A., LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1948 (was wounded twice and hospitalized for thirty-nine months
  • awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star with an Oak Cluster for military service)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Russell County attorney, 1953-1961
  • RNC Chairman, 1971-1973

Elected Office:

  • KS House, 1951-1953
  • Republican candidate for Vice-President, 1976
  • Candidate for Republican presidential nomination, 1988
  • Republican candidate for President, 1996


Election Results for Robert Dole


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 36 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 16,033 45.2%
1960 36 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 62,335 59.3%
1962 38 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,499 55.8%
1964 40 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,212 51.2%
1966 42 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,487 68.6%
1968 44 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 190,782 68.5%
1968 44 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 490,911 60.1%
1974 50 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 403,983 50.9%
1980 56 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 201,484 81.9%
1980 56 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 598,686 63.8%
1986 62 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 228,301 84.4%
1986 62 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 576,902 70.0%
1992 68 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 244,480 80.4%
1992 68 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 706,246 62.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Dole


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
1961 37 House 100 0 88 12 D 15 83 99 0 93
1962 38 House 94 0 93 5 D 33 65 98 0 93
1963 39 House 93 7 100 0 D 23 76 99 0 100
1964 40 House 100 0 94 6 D 27 73 99 8 94
1965 41 House 98 2 91 7 D 34 63 99 0 100
1966 42 House 100 0 90 10 D 37 63 99 0 93
1967 43 House 91 4 84 7 D 40 53 94 7 92
1968 44 House 88 0 79 6 D 42 46 85 0 90
1969 45 Senate 87 7 80 12 R 75 21 94 0 64
1970 46 Senate 86 7 88 8 R 81 15 94 10 76
1971 47 Senate 87 4 80 9 R 80 13 86 4 100
1972 48 Senate 88 1 87 3 R 87 4 92 0 82
1973 49 Senate 89 10 83 14 R 71 27 96 10 92
1974 50 Senate 76 17 71 21 R 63 33 89 20 69
1975 51 Senate 90 5 86 8 R 75 16 93 17* 55
1976 52 Senate 77 7 71 12 R 66 17 78 11 73
1977 53 Senate 89 8 85 12 D 53 44 97 5 84
1978 54 Senate 83 14 77 19 D 32 65 95 20 88
1979 55 Senate 85 14 78 16 D 39 57 93 22 76
1980 56 Senate 77 20 72 24 D 48 49 96 22 67
1981 57 Senate 92 5 94 5 R 85 7 98 5 79
1982 58 Senate 85 10 91 8 R 86 13 98 15 63
1983 59 Senate 89 7 88 8 R 78 21 96 5 64
1984 60 Senate 96 2 90 8 R 90 9 97 16 86
1985 61 Senate 92 5 92 6 R 92 7 99 0 90
1986 62 Senate 95 4 92 7 R 92 8 99 0 90
1987 63 Senate 81 6 85 10 R 71 24 95 5 77
1988 64 Senate 86 5 70 12 R 68 19 86 18 91
1989 65 Senate 87 13 89 11 R 94 4 99 5 84
1990 66 Senate 95 5 86 14 R 80 20 100 0 83
1991 67 Senate 98 3 93 7 R 96 4 100 5 86
1992 68 Senate 92 8 94 6 R 88 12 99 5 92
1993 69 Senate 88 7 95 5 D 28 72 98 10 88
1994 70 Senate 97 3 95 4 D 35 65 99 0 100
1995 71 Senate 95 5 98 2 D 23 77 99 5 87
1996 72 Senate 83 8 88 4 D 35 54 92 14 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.