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Bo Ginn

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 31, 1934 in Morgan, GA
Died: January 6, 2005 in Augusta, GA

Education:

  • Attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College from 1951-1953, and Georgia Southern Collegem 1953-1956

Career:

  • School teacher
  • Businessman
  • Rancher
  • Assistant to GA Sen. Herman Talmadge and GA Rep. Elliott Hagan


Election Results for Bo Ginn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 38 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 34,536 39.5%
1972 38 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary Runoff 1 43,120 54.8%
1972 38 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,256 100.0%
1974 40 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 46,644 100.0%
1974 40 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,958 86.1%
1976 42 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,943 100.0%
1976 42 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,826 99.9%
1978 44 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,959 100.0%
1978 44 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 36,961 100.0%
1980 46 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 65,050 100.0%
1980 46 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,145 100.0%
1982 48 GA D Governor Primary 1 316,019 35.1%
1982 48 GA D Governor Primary Runoff 2 410,259 45.0%


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



Ideology Data for Bo Ginn


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
1973 39 House 74 25 56 44 R 41 58 99 40 56
1974 40 House 73 27 52 46 R 49 51 97 26* 57
1975 41 House 75 22 48 49 R 36 61 97 11 72
1976 42 House 86 11 44 54 R 53 47 98 15 57
1977 43 House 76 19 53 43 D 63 33 96 21 61
1978 44 House 82 18 53 46 D 53 46 98 20 50
1979 45 House 80 19 64 32 D 60 37 95 21 41
1980 46 House 71 23 64 30 D 59 36 93 35 47
1981 47 House 81 11 54 37 R 51 41 84 30 58
1982 48 House 45 8 40 22 R 22 31 51 30 46
Lifetime conservative rating:   55%


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.