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Nancy Kassebaum

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 29, 1932 in Topeka, KS

Education:

  • University of Kansas, B.A., 1954
  • University of Michigan, M.A., 1956

Career:

  • Maize School Board, 1972-1975
  • Staff, Sen. James Pearson, 1975

Other notes:

  • Wife of Howard Baker, Jr.


Election Results for Nancy Kassebaum


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 45 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 67,324 30.6%
1978 45 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 403,354 53.9%
1984 51 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 757,402 76.0%
1990 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 267,946 87.2%
1990 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 578,605 73.6%


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



Ideology Data for Nancy Kassebaum


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
1979 46 Senate 75 20 69 24 D 51 45 93 39 65
1980 47 Senate 59 28 63 26 D 52 41 91 50 57
1981 48 Senate 80 18 77 20 R 82 17 98 35 60
1982 49 Senate 77 21 74 24 R 78 19 96 50 44
1983 50 Senate 59 36 71 25 R 78 20 96 35 36
1984 51 Senate 81 17 75 24 R 79 19 94 42 55
1985 52 Senate 75 22 79 17 R 76 19 95 30 52
1986 53 Senate 80 13 77 21 R 70 24 96 45 40
1987 54 Senate 72 22 65 22 R 59 28 85 35 60
1988 55 Senate 81 8 61 32 R 69 28 93 32 61
1989 56 Senate 84 16 71 27 R 85 14 99 20 60
1990 57 Senate 76 16 67 31 R 68 29 98 44 64
1991 58 Senate 75 23 69 30 R 79 20 98 35 62
1992 59 Senate 74 26 76 22 R 72 28 98 25 65
1993 60 Senate 85 12 76 23 D 47 53 98 35 64
1994 61 Senate 63 38 59 38 D 74 26 97 45 48
1995 62 Senate 84 11 78 17 D 44 54 96 25 48
1996 63 Senate 74 13 73 15 D 51 44 89 29 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.