Election results and ideology ratings for Floyd Spence -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 9, 1928 in Columbia, SC
Died: August 16, 2001 in Jackson, MS

Election Results for Floyd Spence

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1962	34	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	2	34,947	47.2%

1970	42	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	48,093	53.1%

1972	44	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	83,543	99.9%

1974	46	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	58,936	56.1%

1976	48	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	83,426	57.5%

1978	50	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	71,208	57.3%

1980	52	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	92,306	55.7%

1982	54	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	71,569	58.5%

1984	56	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	108,085	62.1%

1986	58	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	73,455	53.6%

1988	60	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	94,960	52.8%

1990	62	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	90,054	88.7%

1992	64	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	148,667	87.6%

1994	66	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	133,307	99.8%

1996	68	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	158,229	89.8%

1998	70	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	119,583	57.8%

2000	72	SC	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	154,338	57.0%

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

Ideology Data for Floyd Spence

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1971	43	House	86	2	74	12	R	72	19	86	3	100
1972	44	House	90	2	82	8	R	62	35	89	0	70
1973	45	House	95	3	86	12	R	68	30	96	0	96
1974	46	House	93	6	89	9	R	70	26	96	9*	86
1975	47	House	91	5	83	14	R	53	42	97	11*	86
1976	48	House	94	3	87	11	R	75	25	96	5	94
1977	49	House	90	1	87	7	D	37	61	94	0	97
1978	50	House	93	6	80	18	D	30	68	98	15	92
1979	51	House	98	2	88	11	D	32	68	99	5	87
1980	52	House	96	3	87	12	D	43	56	97	11	79
1981	53	House	96	4	92	8	R	74	26	99	0	100
1982	54	House	93	5	84	15	R	74	26	98	0	91
1983	55	House	97	2	87	10	R	74	26	97	0	100
1984	56	House	88	8	84	13	R	59	36	96	5	82
1985	57	House	93	7	84	13	R	61	39	98	0	79
1986	58	House	94	2	75	23	R	69	30	98	10	77
1987	59	House	91	7	68	20	R	61	32	87	4	74
1988	60	House	47	3	37	14	R	37	21	54	18	85
1989	61	House	98	0	69	29	R	72	24	98	10	93
1990	62	House	94	4	75	24	R	62	36	98	17	79
1991	63	House	86	8	75	18	R	74	19	91	10	95
1992	64	House	98	2	82	17	R	76	24	99	15	92
1993	65	House	95	5	89	10	D	41	59	98	5	96
1994	66	House	92	8	87	11	D	53	46	98	5	95
1995	67	House	97	1	95	3	D	18	81	98	0	92
1996	68	House	100	0	95	4	D	35	65	99	5	100
1997	69	House	96	2	96	3	D	27	73	99	0	88
1998	70	House	95	5	95	5	D	18	82	99	5	100
1999	71	House			94	6	D	22	78	98	10	88
2000	72	House			88	5	D	18	72	91	5	86
2001	73	House			42	1	R	40	0	43	0	100
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.