Election results and ideology ratings for Frank Karsten -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 7, 1913 in San Antonio, TX
Died: May 14, 1992 in San Antonio, TX

Election Results for Frank Karsten

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1946	33	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	Primary	1	12,722	81.9%
1946	33	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	General	1	41,229	54.7%

1948	35	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	Primary	1	27,496	78.3%
1948	35	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	General	1	77,245	70.6%

1950	37	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	Primary	1	34,823	100.0%
1950	37	MO	D	U.S. House	District 13	General	1	58,832	68.2%

1952	39	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	65,295	80.4%
1952	39	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	126,583	64.2%

1954	41	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	32,305	100.0%
1954	41	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	89,649	66.3%

1956	43	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	42,884	100.0%
1956	43	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	136,873	66.3%

1958	45	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	37,479	100.0%
1958	45	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	99,368	75.8%

1960	47	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	51,157	89.4%
1960	47	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	161,394	70.8%

1962	49	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	33,319	75.2%
1962	49	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	82,216	70.7%

1964	51	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	53,087	91.9%
1964	51	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	140,848	76.9%

1966	53	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	32,918	100.0%
1966	53	MO	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	62,143	63.9%

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

Ideology Data for Frank Karsten

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1947	34	House			92	8	D			99	100
1948	35	House			94	6	D			96	100
1949	36	House			98	2	D			100	100
1950	37	House			93	7	D			100	93
1951	38	House			96	4	D			100	100
1952	39	House			95	5	D			100	92
1953	40	House			76	21	R	61		97	100
1954	41	House			93	7	R	61	39	100	100
1955	42	House			100	0	R	71	29	100	100
1956	43	House			88	13	R	62	35	99	100
1957	44	House			90	10	R	73	27	100	100
1958	45	House			92	8	R	80	20	100	100
1959	46	House	0	100	100	0	R	44	56	100	100
1960	47	House	5	95	88	12	R	60	40	100	100
1961	48	House	4	96	98	2	D	97	3	100	100	0
1962	49	House	0	100	98	0	D	98	2	98	100	0
1963	50	House	7	93	98	2	D	96	4	100	100	6
1964	51	House	8	92	92	2	D	98	2	94	100	6
1965	52	House	0	100	99	0	D	97	3	99	89	0
1966	53	House	5	95	96	1	D	94	6	98	88	4
1967	54	House	7	91	98	1	D	91	7	97	80	7
1968	55	House	0	31	26	0	D	33	3	28	100	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												3%

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.