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Lionel Van Deerlin

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 25, 1914 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: May 17, 2008 in San Diego, CA

Education:

  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1945 (Stars & Stripes newspaper reporter)

Career:

  • News broadcaster/editor/analyst, 1937-1961


Election Results for Lionel Van Deerlin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 6 4,174 6.8%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 14,914 30.8%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 2 62,779 37.0%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 57,975 76.1%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 8,883 13.2%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 2 90,461 44.6%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 33,495 65.5%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 63,821 51.3%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 51,945 90.4%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 85,624 58.2%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 47,506 88.4%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 80,060 61.1%
1968 53 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 96,130 64.7%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 43,660 86.6%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 37 General 1 93,952 72.1%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 65,259 100.0%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 41 General 1 116,980 74.0%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 39,129 100.0%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 70,579 69.9%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 53,510 100.0%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 103,062 76.0%
1978 63 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 47,730 81.8%
1978 63 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 85,126 73.7%
1980 65 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 43,650 76.3%
1980 65 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 2 69,936 46.7%


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



Ideology Data for Lionel Van Deerlin


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
1963 48 House 7 87 95 3 D 97 3 97 83 0
1964 49 House 8 83 87 5 D 94 6 94 100 0
1965 50 House 8 86 86 6 D 87 5 90 89 12
1966 51 House 3 78 75 0 D 60 4 71 82 5
1967 52 House 13 80 88 3 D 85 7 90 85 14
1968 53 House 10 73 78 9 D 71 13 85 82 9
1969 54 House 20 73 75 18 R 49 34 90 87 29
1970 55 House 18 68 67 19 R 66 28 83 88 17
1971 56 House 15 73 77 9 R 44 42 81 82 11
1972 57 House 10 78 81 10 R 41 46 82 93 14
1973 58 House 14 77 77 15 R 34 62 86 83 16
1974 59 House 15 76 81 11 R 38 55 90 87 10
1975 60 House 24 66 74 16 R 39 51 89 79* 17
1976 61 House 22 73 84 11 R 24 73 91 80 9
1977 62 House 15 73 78 11 D 63 24 85 71 8
1978 63 House 13 79 79 12 D 72 17 89 63 5
1979 64 House 15 76 85 5 D 73 15 86 89 3
1980 65 House 15 76 87 5 D 68 16 86 88 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.