Election results and ideology ratings for W.J. Bryan Dorn -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 14, 1916 in Greenwood, SC
Died: August 13, 2005 in Greenwood, SC

Election Results for W.J. Bryan Dorn

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1946	30	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	31,164	61.6%
1946	30	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	3,527	99.9%

1948	32	SC	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	2	83,068	24.8%

1950	34	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	24,010	44.8%
1950	34	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary Runoff	1	23,581	54.3%
1950	34	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	8,126	100.0%

1952	36	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	44,237	93.8%

1954	38	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	30,790	99.3%

1956	40	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	39,270	92.9%

1958	42	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	9,528	99.9%

1960	44	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	52,398	100.0%

1962	46	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	34,545	100.0%

1964	48	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	39,934	70.6%
1964	48	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	65,920	99.9%

1966	50	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	42,874	57.8%

1968	52	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	74,104	66.1%

1970	54	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	60,708	75.2%

1972	56	SC	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	82,579	75.2%

1974	58	SC	D	Governor		Primary	2	105,743	33.1%
1974	58	SC	D	Governor		Primary Runoff	2	154,187	45.2%
1974	58	SC	D	Governor		General	2	248,938	47.6%

1978	62	SC	D	Governor		Primary	3	112,793	29.6%

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

Ideology Data for W.J. Bryan Dorn

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1947	31	House			63	32	D			89	33
1948	32	House			69	14	D			63	64
1951	35	House			55	34	D			78	23
1952	36	House			41	52	D			85	15
1953	37	House			71	21	R	32		90	27
1954	38	House			67	23	R	42	42	79	56
1955	39	House			52	45	R	24	73	97	11
1956	40	House			69	28	R	35	59	95	14
1957	41	House			54	46	R	20	77	98	0
1958	42	House			51	46	R	26	68	94	8
1959	43	House	100	0	54	42	R	35	56	93	11
1960	44	House	95	5	33	67	R	35	65	100	0
1961	45	House	87	0	22	71	D	20	74	96	0	93
1962	46	House	75	19	40	54	D	42	55	94	25	73
1963	47	House	87	0	31	57	D	37	55	82	9	100
1964	48	House	83	0	26	50	D	27	50	73	0	92
1965	49	House	88	2	25	65	D	42	49	89	0	94
1966	50	House	76	3	30	46	D	39	40	75	0	83
1967	51	House	78	6	29	56	D	40	43	82	7	86
1968	52	House	84	8	39	52	D	51	37	88	8	71
1969	53	House	89	2	27	65	R	51	40	88	7	85
1970	54	House	77	9	49	49	R	52	37	86	12	65
1971	55	House	67	13	40	44	R	65	19	83	24	47
1972	56	House	71	18	30	58	R	57	35	85	20	67
1973	57	House	83	5	30	56	R	55	34	81	9	77
1974	58	House	33	8	18	26	R	30	17	44	9*	56
Lifetime conservative rating:												78%

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.