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Dave Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1907 in Kearney, NE
Died: May 15, 1997 in Kearney, NE

Career:

  • Lumber businessman
  • Member of RNC, 1952-1954


Election Results for Dave Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 46 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 4 18,283 11.2%
1960 52 NE R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,724 43.7%
1960 52 NE R U.S. House District 04 General 1 69,754 51.1%
1962 54 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,809 60.5%
1962 54 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,079 65.6%
1964 56 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,204 99.9%
1964 56 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 104,380 52.8%
1966 58 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,114 100.0%
1966 58 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,893 73.0%
1968 60 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,299 76.6%
1968 60 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 123,838 67.8%
1970 62 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 69,601 99.9%
1970 62 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,705 59.5%
1972 64 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 69,342 99.9%
1972 64 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 133,607 69.6%


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



Ideology Data for Dave Martin


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
1961 53 House 74 4 78 9 D 22 71 84 0 80
1962 54 House 100 0 86 4 D 23 72 86 0 93
1963 55 House 87 0 86 5 D 17 70 87 0 100
1964 56 House 92 0 74 8 D 23 71 82 8 93
1965 57 House 94 2 83 8 D 34 58 92 0 100
1966 58 House 70 3 59 11 D 26 42 69 0 91
1967 59 House 72 7 64 10 D 33 40 75 7 92
1968 60 House 88 0 82 2 D 44 42 83 8 90
1969 61 House 76 4 53 11 R 38 30 72 0 79
1970 62 House 77 5 75 13 R 60 28 86 7 83
1971 63 House 73 6 65 17 R 72 14 85 9 94
1972 64 House 87 0 81 6 R 49 27 83 0 90
1973 65 House 86 5 77 12 R 76 16 86 0 72
1974 66 House 77 8 73 13 R 62 19 85 9* 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.