Election results and ideology ratings for Clark MacGregor -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 12, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN
Died: February 10, 2003 in Pompano Beach, FL

Election Results for Clark MacGregor

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1960	37	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	37,159	78.2%
1960	37	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	154,847	51.6%

1962	39	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	28,250	100.0%
1962	39	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	87,730	60.2%

1964	41	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	25,275	100.0%
1964	41	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	125,464	57.0%

1966	43	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	38,134	100.0%
1966	43	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	122,775	65.4%

1968	45	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	16,276	100.0%
1968	45	MN	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	158,989	64.8%

1970	47	MN	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	1	220,353	93.3%
1970	47	MN	R	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	2	568,025	41.6%

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

Ideology Data for Clark MacGregor

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1961	38	House	65	22	66	19	D	42	42	86	20	50
1962	39	House	44	31	65	14	D	43	40	73	38	57
1963	40	House	47	33	72	15	D	44	51	87	25	64
1964	41	House	42	50	73	13	D	38	50	85	25	75
1965	42	House	71	14	72	13	D	32	45	76	11	94
1966	43	House	62	19	69	13	D	41	40	81	15	68
1967	44	House	56	31	67	17	D	50	37	89	14	45
1968	45	House	45	43	52	32	D	59	25	85	30	62
1969	46	House	51	31	47	36	R	70	23	81	27	36
1970	47	House	34	14	35	24	R	51	11	57	33	67
Lifetime conservative rating:												63%

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.