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Al McCandless

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 23, 1927 in Brawley, CA
Died: August 9, 2017 in La Quinta, CA

Education:

  • U.C.L.A., B.A., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1945-1946, 1950-1952

Career:

  • Automobile and truck dealer, 1953-1975
  • Riverside County housing authority, 1974-1982

Elected Office:

  • Riverside County supervisor, 1972-1982


Election Results for Al McCandless


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 54 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 15,349 25.4%
1982 54 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 105,065 59.1%
1984 56 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 47,651 81.6%
1984 56 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 149,955 63.6%
1986 58 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 50,954 84.9%
1986 58 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 122,416 63.7%
1988 60 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 58,589 83.1%
1988 60 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 174,284 64.3%
1990 62 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 53,298 73.6%
1990 62 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 115,469 49.8%
1992 64 CA R U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 33,738 61.1%
1992 64 CA R U.S. House District 44 General 1 110,333 54.2%


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



Ideology Data for Al McCandless


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
1983 55 House 85 11 86 10 R 90 10 96 5 86
1984 56 House 82 8 90 8 R 71 27 98 5 91
1985 57 House 98 0 89 4 R 74 21 94 5 84
1986 58 House 94 6 84 11 R 77 18 94 5 95
1987 59 House 86 9 83 6 R 67 26 89 8 82
1988 60 House 95 3 84 5 R 67 27 90 11 96
1989 61 House 93 2 86 6 R 77 19 92 0 89
1990 62 House 98 2 92 7 R 71 29 99 6 92
1991 63 House 97 0 94 6 R 85 14 98 5 90
1992 64 House 96 4 90 9 R 78 22 99 10 88
1993 65 House 95 5 91 6 D 35 62 98 5 96
1994 66 House 89 3 85 9 D 45 54 94 12 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.