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Fred Grandy

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 29, 1948 in Sioux City, IA

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Wiley Mayne, 1970-1971
  • Actor, 1971-1985


Election Results for Fred Grandy


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 38 IA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,498 67.8%
1986 38 IA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 81,861 50.9%
1988 40 IA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,229 100.0%
1988 40 IA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,859 64.4%
1990 42 IA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,551 100.0%
1990 42 IA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,333 71.8%
1992 44 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 24,891 99.9%
1992 44 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 196,942 99.3%
1994 46 IA R Governor Primary 2 149,809 48.1%


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



Ideology Data for Fred Grandy


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
1987 39 House 86 14 77 20 R 63 37 98 20 57
1988 40 House 87 11 70 27 R 52 43 91 40 64
1989 41 House 90 10 86 13 R 74 26 99 25 64
1990 42 House 76 22 81 17 R 63 37 99 28 42
1991 43 House 76 24 81 19 R 83 17 99 25 85
1992 44 House 77 19 81 16 R 78 19 96 15 88
1993 45 House 66 34 77 21 D 40 59 98 20 79
1994 46 House 50 6 55 10 D 35 22 62 13 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.