Election results and ideology ratings for Ed Edmondson -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 17, 1919 in Muskogee, OK
Died: December 8, 1990 in Muskogee, OK

Election Results for Ed Edmondson

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1952	33	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	30,061	45.0%
1952	33	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary Runoff	1	29,327	53.8%
1952	33	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	92,407	59.2%

1954	35	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	67,872	64.7%

1956	37	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	50,792	88.9%
1956	37	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	83,976	60.2%

1958	39	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	75,492	79.1%

1960	41	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	41,595	52.6%
1960	41	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	79,732	57.0%

1962	43	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	65,968	56.6%

1964	45	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	71,365	79.0%
1964	45	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	90,466	61.4%

1966	47	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	60,989	77.9%
1966	47	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	62,324	53.6%

1968	49	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	57,911	81.6%
1968	49	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	77,192	54.9%

1970	51	OK	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	87,131	70.8%

1972	53	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	249,729	56.3%
1972	53	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	2	478,212	47.6%

1974	55	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	288,665	48.7%
1974	55	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary Runoff	1	306,178	58.7%
1974	55	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	2	387,162	48.9%

1978	59	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	2	155,626	28.2%
1978	59	OK	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary Runoff	2	184,175	39.5%

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

Ideology Data for Ed Edmondson

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1953	34	House			79	16	R	58		96	60
1954	35	House			80	20	R	55	45	97	56
1955	36	House			71	19	R	56	41	91	80
1956	37	House			78	9	R	59	29	88	100
1957	38	House			90	7	R	62	35	96	56
1958	39	House			86	3	R	60	20	80	78
1959	40	House	45	55	96	2	R	44	52	95	89
1960	41	House	5	74	71	6	R	42	40	76	100
1961	42	House	13	78	90	5	D	85	11	96	90	7
1962	43	House	0	81	93	0	D	93	2	85	100	0
1963	44	House	20	53	79	5	D	86	6	84	73	15
1964	45	House	42	50	73	8	D	88	6	82	83	21
1965	46	House	16	82	92	4	D	92	4	95	72	29
1966	47	House	24	41	64	9	D	64	11	76	57	16
1967	48	House	37	54	82	9	D	79	12	90	67	25
1968	49	House	37	59	77	20	D	74	21	96	42	13
1969	50	House	47	40	65	20	R	43	36	85	33	40
1970	51	House	48	39	51	28	R	57	23	80	18	39
1971	52	House	53	28	56	22	R	58	26	75	31	56
1972	53	House	30	10	20	18	R	35	22	39	25	50
Lifetime conservative rating:												24%

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.