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John Tunney

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 26, 1934 in New York City, NY
Died: January 12, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA

Education:

  • Yale University, 1956
  • University of Virginia Law School, 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force (judge advocate)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law instructor at University of California-Riverside, 1961-1962
  • Advisor to President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, 1963-1968


Election Results for John Tunney


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 30 CA D U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 46,199 100.0%
1964 30 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 85,661 52.8%
1966 32 CA D U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 52,147 100.0%
1966 32 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 83,216 54.5%
1968 34 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 121,749 62.7%
1970 36 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,010,812 41.6%
1970 36 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 3,496,558 53.9%
1976 42 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,774,879 53.8%
1976 42 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 3,502,862 46.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Tunney


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
1965 31 House 14 78 81 7 D 78 8 82 76 24
1966 32 House 8 62 61 5 D 58 10 68 67 15
1967 33 House 9 76 75 7 D 77 7 80 79 17
1968 34 House 12 49 56 6 D 66 5 65 100 5
1969 35 House 2 56 44 4 R 23 21 49 100 8
1970 36 House 0 39 33 10 R 15 18 30 100 14
1971 37 Senate 19 73 78 13 R 38 51 86 96 0
1972 38 Senate 7 85 85 8 R 35 54 90 90 17
1973 39 Senate 15 77 81 9 R 30 56 88 95 9
1974 40 Senate 7 77 68 14 R 35 57 83 95 19
1975 41 Senate 16 78 85 8 R 42 44 89 83* 19
1976 42 Senate 4 21 22 3 R 9 21 23 83 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.