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Ronnie Flippo

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 15, 1937 in Florence, AL

Education:

  • Florence State University, B.S., 1965
  • University of Alabama, M.A., 1966

Career:

  • Certified Public Accountant, 1972-1976

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1971-1975
  • AL Senate, 1975-1977


Election Results for Ronnie Flippo


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 38 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,895 24.6%
1976 38 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 56,213 58.2%
1976 38 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,553 100.0%
1978 40 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 92,359 91.2%
1978 40 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,985 96.8%
1980 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 117,626 93.8%
1982 44 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 108,807 80.7%
1984 46 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,542 95.9%
1986 48 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 100,857 90.1%
1986 48 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 125,406 78.9%
1988 50 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 120,142 64.4%
1990 52 AL D Governor Primary 4 128,105 17.3%


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



Ideology Data for Ronnie Flippo


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
1977 39 House 44 16 38 24 D 42 16 64 13 38
1978 40 House 80 15 47 50 D 44 52 95 10 41
1979 41 House 83 8 53 39 D 53 43 91 17 53
1980 42 House 77 13 55 36 D 56 33 90 28 53
1981 43 House 79 11 53 39 R 59 32 88 24 58
1982 44 House 75 19 66 29 R 49 40 89 21 60
1983 45 House 80 13 57 35 R 45 46 92 55 43
1984 46 House 86 10 61 29 R 50 42 91 26 48
1985 47 House 76 13 69 24 R 45 46 93 37 56
1986 48 House 60 16 64 19 R 33 53 82 53 33
1987 49 House 91 7 67 27 R 37 61 93 44 26
1988 50 House 84 8 65 26 R 36 51 90 45 60
1989 51 House 78 7 67 24 R 45 45 90 47 58
1990 52 House 63 9 50 17 R 29 41 64 40 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   49%


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.