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John Doolittle

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1950 in Glendale, CA

Education:

  • University of California-Santa Cruz, B.A., 1972
  • University of the Pacific, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1981-1990


Election Results for John Doolittle


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 39 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 70,947 100.0%
1990 39 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 128,309 51.5%
1992 41 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,631 71.1%
1992 41 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 141,155 49.8%
1994 43 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 68,081 100.0%
1994 43 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 144,936 61.3%
1996 45 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 88,009 100.0%
1996 45 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 164,048 60.5%
1998 47 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 119,812 100.0%
1998 47 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 155,306 62.6%
2000 49 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 149,735 100.0%
2000 49 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 197,503 63.4%
2002 51 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 79,575 77.5%
2002 51 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,997 64.8%
2004 53 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 105,015 100.0%
2004 53 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 221,926 65.4%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,731 67.2%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 135,818 49.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Doolittle


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
1991 40 House 95 0 89 5 R 73 22 94 6 100
1992 41 House 96 4 97 3 R 81 19 99 5 100
1993 42 House 91 9 94 2 D 21 79 97 10 100
1994 43 House 94 3 96 1 D 35 60 97 6 100
1995 44 House 98 1 97 2 D 14 86 99 0 100
1996 45 House 98 0 94 5 D 27 70 97 5 100
1997 46 House 84 13 91 5 D 24 72 96 0 96
1998 47 House 90 10 91 6 D 16 79 95 5 100
1999 48 House 94 6 D 24 76 98 5 92
2000 49 House 95 4 D 26 74 97 5 88
2001 50 House 96 3 R 91 9 97 0 100
2002 51 House 91 1 R 75 18 93 5 91
2003 52 House 93 1 R 82 5 95 5 78
2004 53 House 95 4 R 85 12 97 0 92
2005 54 House 93 3 R 80 15 94 0 92
2006 55 House 97 2 R 92 8 97 5 84
2007 56 House 88 10 R 83 15 96 0 100
2008 57 House 87 4 R 69 22 88 11 96
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.