Election results and ideology ratings for Charles Hoeven -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 30, 1895 in Hospers, IA
Died: November 9, 1980 in Orange City, IA

Election Results for Charles Hoeven

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	45	IA	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	2	10,437	34.9%

1942	47	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	11,402	55.2%
1942	47	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	42,154	64.6%

1944	49	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	15,711	100.0%
1944	49	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	58,537	56.2%

1946	51	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	17,269	100.0%
1946	51	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	37,868	68.6%

1948	53	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	26,676	100.0%
1948	53	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	56,970	55.2%

1950	55	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	27,843	100.0%
1950	55	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	56,942	64.1%

1952	57	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	27,286	76.2%
1952	57	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	94,561	99.6%

1954	59	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	24,071	100.0%
1954	59	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	55,214	63.8%

1956	61	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	27,125	100.0%
1956	61	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	76,165	60.1%

1958	63	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	20,540	100.0%
1958	63	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	49,418	52.7%

1960	65	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	26,095	100.0%
1960	65	IA	R	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	77,583	57.5%

1962	67	IA	R	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	24,023	100.0%
1962	67	IA	R	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	66,940	58.5%

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

Ideology Data for Charles Hoeven

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1943	48	House			77	23	D			99
1944	49	House			87	10	D			88
1945	50	House			84	14	D			93
1946	51	House			89	5	D			85
1947	52	House			74	24	D			95	17
1948	53	House			86	14	D			94	15
1949	54	House			85	9	D			91	0
1950	55	House			86	12	D			82	7
1951	56	House			93	7	D			94	15
1952	57	House			91	5	D			85	8
1953	58	House			76	16	R	71		94	10
1954	59	House			73	17	R	63	26	83	11
1955	60	House			65	23	R	51	34	91	33
1956	61	House			72	28	R	71	26	99	14
1957	62	House			61	19	R	45	40	84	33
1958	63	House			86	11	R	54	46	96	8
1959	64	House	100	0	96	4	R	74	26	99	11
1960	65	House	95	5	88	12	R	72	28	99	22
1961	66	House	74	0	64	10	D	29	48	72	0	91
1962	67	House	81	0	84	5	D	33	57	81	0	93
1963	68	House	80	7	89	2	D	20	68	87	0	94
1964	69	House	67	0	84	2	D	29	65	87	8	93
Lifetime conservative rating:												93%

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.