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David Evans

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 17, 1946 in Lafayette, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, A.B., 1967

Career:

  • School teacher, 1968-1974


Election Results for David Evans


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 25 IN D U.S. House District 06 General 2 61,070 35.2%
1974 27 IN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 10,407 56.4%
1974 27 IN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,414 52.4%
1976 29 IN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,073 90.4%
1976 29 IN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 105,773 54.9%
1978 31 IN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,887 100.0%
1978 31 IN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,421 52.2%
1980 33 IN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,602 93.2%
1980 33 IN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,482 50.2%
1982 35 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 17,654 34.1%


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



Ideology Data for David Evans


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
1975 28 House 42 56 62 32 R 28 71 96 68 43
1976 29 House 59 36 49 46 R 31 57 91 50 53
1977 30 House 60 32 42 50 D 51 39 92 44 58
1978 31 House 67 28 40 57 D 45 52 95 26 50
1979 32 House 71 28 43 53 D 51 48 96 32 56
1980 33 House 79 21 35 62 D 56 42 96 29 42
1981 34 House 40 55 80 17 R 38 58 94 58 27
1982 35 House 26 53 72 13 R 31 52 76 76 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   48%


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.