Election results and ideology ratings for Charles Thone -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 4, 1924 in Hartington, NE
Died: March 7, 2018 in Lincoln, NE

Election Results for Charles Thone

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1964	40	NE	R	Lt. Governor		Primary	1	55,095	40.7%
1964	40	NE	R	Lt. Governor		General	2	276,688	49.3%

1970	46	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	61,924	99.8%
1970	46	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	79,131	50.6%

1972	48	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	56,766	84.1%
1972	48	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	126,789	64.2%

1974	50	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	53,123	100.0%
1974	50	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	82,353	53.3%

1976	52	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	65,409	99.9%
1976	52	NE	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	146,558	73.2%

1978	54	NE	R	Governor		Primary	1	89,378	45.3%
1978	54	NE	R	Governor		General	1	275,473	55.9%

1982	58	NE	R	Governor		Primary	1	115,750	62.5%
1982	58	NE	R	Governor		General	2	270,203	49.3%

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

Ideology Data for Charles Thone

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1971	47	House	81	17	76	21	R	74	26	94	11	70
1972	48	House	73	15	70	25	R	70	19	91	8	75
1973	49	House	63	37	60	40	R	55	45	99	40	60
1974	50	House	63	33	63	33	R	51	43	94	35*	48
1975	51	House	86	14	82	18	R	60	40	100	26*	72
1976	52	House	87	13	80	20	R	69	31	100	10	74
1977	53	House	88	11	78	18	D	42	54	96	10	94
1978	54	House	66	6	60	10	D	21	39	65	19	91
Lifetime conservative rating:												74%

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.