Election results and ideology ratings for Bruce Vento -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 7, 1940 in St. Paul, MN
Died: October 10, 2000 in St. Paul, MN

Election Results for Bruce Vento

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1976	35	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	35,025	52.3%
1976	35	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	133,282	66.4%

1978	37	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	48,813	100.0%
1978	37	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	95,989	58.0%

1980	39	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	20,473	100.0%
1980	39	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	119,182	58.5%

1982	41	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	61,918	100.0%
1982	41	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	153,494	73.2%

1984	43	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	42,089	90.9%
1984	43	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	167,678	73.5%

1986	45	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	61,269	89.3%
1986	45	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	112,662	72.9%

1988	47	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	15,117	92.8%
1988	47	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	181,227	72.4%

1990	49	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	47,553	100.0%
1990	49	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	143,353	64.7%

1992	51	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	38,109	100.0%
1992	51	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	159,796	57.5%

1994	53	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	49,461	100.0%
1994	53	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	115,638	54.9%

1996	55	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	28,792	100.0%
1996	55	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	145,831	57.0%

1998	57	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	53,121	80.1%
1998	57	MN	DFL	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	128,726	53.7%

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

Ideology Data for Bruce Vento

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1977	36	House	4	94	90	6	D	81	19	96	90	3
1978	37	House	7	89	86	9	D	76	17	94	75	0
1979	38	House	12	88	91	8	D	84	14	97	95	5
1980	39	House	3	83	83	7	D	66	20	88	100	11
1981	40	House	9	84	86	9	R	29	61	94	95	0
1982	41	House	5	92	94	5	R	34	65	97	100	9
1983	42	House	4	96	94	4	R	17	82	98	90	0
1984	43	House	3	95	90	6	R	28	67	95	95	0
1985	44	House	4	91	95	3	R	21	78	97	95	5
1986	45	House	6	94	94	5	R	19	81	99	90	0
1987	46	House	5	88	95	2	R	12	85	96	100	0
1988	47	House	11	89	94	4	R	21	77	98	95	4
1989	48	House	12	85	92	7	R	30	69	99	100	4
1990	49	House	7	91	95	4	R	13	86	98	100	4
1991	50	House	5	86	94	4	R	26	70	98	100	0
1992	51	House	6	92	95	4	R	13	86	99	100	0
1993	52	House	2	95	95	2	D	80	20	97	100	4
1994	53	House	6	94	95	2	D	76	22	98	100	0
1995	54	House	8	90	96	3	D	89	11	99	95	4
1996	55	House	6	92	96	3	D	89	11	99	95	0
1997	56	House	7	93	98	2	D	84	16	99	100	4
1998	57	House	14	86	97	3	D	85	15	99	100	8
1999	58	House			96	3	D	76	22	99	100	0
2000	59	House			20	0	D	8	6	24	100	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												3%

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.