Election results and ideology ratings for James O'Hara -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 8, 1925 in Washington, DC
Died: May 13, 1989 in Washington, DC

Election Results for James O'Hara

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1958	32	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	11,097	37.7%
1958	32	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	87,299	50.7%

1960	34	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	29,258	76.0%
1960	34	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	142,795	53.3%

1962	36	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	28,456	100.0%
1962	36	MI	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	127,067	56.3%

1964	38	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	36,963	100.0%
1964	38	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	126,769	74.8%

1966	40	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	44,283	100.0%
1966	40	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	84,379	65.1%

1968	42	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	32,962	100.0%
1968	42	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	131,517	70.3%

1970	44	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	43,066	87.4%
1970	44	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	129,287	76.1%

1972	46	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	23,924	100.0%
1972	46	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	83,351	50.8%

1974	48	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	Primary	1	30,224	100.0%
1974	48	MI	D	U.S. House	District 12	General	1	89,822	72.2%

1976	50	MI	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	3	170,473	23.2%

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

Ideology Data for James O'Hara

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1959	33	House	0	100	90	10	R	43	54	98	100
1960	34	House	0	100	84	14	R	56	42	97	100
1961	35	House	13	87	93	3	D	92	5	97	100	0
1962	36	House	6	88	88	0	D	92	2	87	88	7
1963	37	House	0	80	63	0	D	92	1	92	83	0
1964	38	House	8	83	94	3	D	94	4	94	85	6
1965	39	House	6	92	91	5	D	91	6	97	89	6
1966	40	House	11	86	89	8	D	87	9	94	88	8
1967	41	House	0	98	84	2	D	77	6	84	93	0
1968	42	House	0	90	84	0	D	81	6	86	91	0
1969	43	House	9	82	93	4	R	57	36	93	93	29
1970	44	House	7	93	75	18	R	60	34	92	94	6
1971	45	House	16	79	88	9	R	32	60	92	75	11
1972	46	House	21	67	76	13	R	51	35	89	86	10
1973	47	House	17	77	82	12	R	31	57	92	83	9
1974	48	House	21	69	78	11	R	47	53	87	65	15
1975	49	House	22	68	77	14	R	40	56	90	78	17
1976	50	House	14	56	56	8	R	18	55	66	67	10
Lifetime conservative rating:												9%

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.