Election results and ideology ratings for Guy Vander Jagt -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 26, 1931 in Cadillac, MI
Died: June 22, 2007 in Washington, DC

Election Results for Guy Vander Jagt

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1966	34	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	28,214	65.1%
1966	34	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	92,710	66.7%
1966	34	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Special	1	91,056	66.6%

1968	36	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	32,189	100.0%
1968	36	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	111,774	67.5%

1970	38	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	33,914	100.0%
1970	38	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	94,027	64.4%

1972	40	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	40,525	100.0%
1972	40	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	132,268	69.4%

1974	42	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	28,890	100.0%
1974	42	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	87,551	56.6%

1976	44	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	146,712	70.0%

1978	46	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	122,363	69.6%

1980	48	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	168,713	96.5%

1982	50	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	112,504	64.9%

1984	52	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	150,885	70.9%

1986	54	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	89,991	64.4%

1988	56	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	149,748	69.8%

1990	58	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	35,345	100.0%
1990	58	MI	R	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	89,078	54.8%

1992	60	MI	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	2	30,376	40.5%

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

Ideology Data for Guy Vander Jagt

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1967	35	House	70	26	71	22	D	56	39	92	15	86
1968	36	House	71	16	71	17	D	48	30	80	36	62
1969	37	House	49	38	51	35	R	62	23	89	29	38
1970	38	House	50	32	68	18	R	74	9	85	63	65
1971	39	House	66	23	60	23	R	61	21	88	27	58
1972	40	House	72	16	69	20	R	78	14	84	29	67
1973	41	House	67	24	61	27	R	58	30	87	23	58
1974	42	House	66	21	59	25	R	68	13	83	23	60
1975	43	House	76	15	71	17	R	70	18	84	12	82
1976	44	House	66	19	68	16	R	75	16	83	10	79
1977	45	House	70	12	70	15	D	41	42	83	6	90
1978	46	House	78	13	71	17	D	32	57	86	10	95
1979	47	House	78	9	75	11	D	28	55	82	6	82
1980	48	House	66	17	67	16	D	39	42	79	22	74
1981	49	House	76	12	68	13	R	64	21	78	11	92
1982	50	House	77	14	62	28	R	53	36	88	16	67
1983	51	House	79	13	70	19	R	66	22	89	5	64
1984	52	House	80	3	62	19	R	56	30	82	0	77
1985	53	House	87	5	74	18	R	65	25	91	5	76
1986	54	House	76	10	76	15	R	62	23	88	0	79
1987	55	House	88	12	68	20	R	61	33	90	0	90
1988	56	House	87	5	81	9	R	58	36	91	16	91
1989	57	House	80	10	57	28	R	78	14	86	0	91
1990	58	House	91	9	73	20	R	66	29	94	6	83
1991	59	House	92	0	79	15	R	78	19	95	0	90
1992	60	House	77	8	70	18	R	68	18	88	6	90
Lifetime conservative rating:												78%

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.