Election results and ideology ratings for Carl Vinson -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 18, 1883 in Milledgeville, GA
Died: June 1, 1981 in Milledgeville, GA

Election Results for Carl Vinson

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	52	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	30,603	100.0%
1936	52	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	20,595	100.0%

1938	54	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	4,360	99.9%

1940	56	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	21,966	99.9%

1942	58	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	5,725	100.0%

1944	60	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	18,935	100.0%
1944	60	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	18,989	100.0%

1946	62	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	44,714	74.2%
1946	62	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	13,566	100.0%

1948	64	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	61,400	100.0%
1948	64	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	29,446	100.0%

1950	66	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	49,728	100.0%
1950	66	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	22,402	100.0%

1952	68	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	47,243	100.0%
1952	68	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	49,635	100.0%

1954	70	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	55,740	100.0%
1954	70	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	26,250	100.0%

1956	72	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	44,183	79.1%
1956	72	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	42,756	100.0%

1958	74	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	56,532	100.0%
1958	74	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	15,569	100.0%

1960	76	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	37,114	100.0%
1960	76	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	44,237	100.0%

1962	78	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	Primary	1	58,519	86.0%
1962	78	GA	D	U.S. House	District 06	General	1	19,701	100.0%

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

Ideology Data for Carl Vinson

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	53	House			66	25	D			78
1938	54	House			79	2	D			69
1939	55	House			78	7	D			80
1940	56	House			84	10	D			83
1941	57	House			70	4	D			71
1942	58	House			65	15	D			85
1943	59	House			65	15	D			49
1944	60	House			57	30	D			68
1945	61	House			82	2	D			70
1946	62	House			26	34	D			50
1947	63	House			45	21	D			39	56
1948	64	House			86	14	D			92	69
1949	65	House			67	20	D			79	55
1950	66	House			59	7	D			68	73
1951	67	House			63	12	D			53	22
1952	68	House			64	18	D			63	30
1953	69	House			74	26	R	67		80	55
1954	70	House			43	13	R	39	29	58	57
1955	71	House			81	19	R	71	29	99	70
1956	72	House			47	13	R	50	38	77	57
1957	73	House			66	8	R	48	30	69	44
1958	74	House			51	38	R	40	42	82	10
1959	75	House	91	9	85	15	R	43	52	97	33
1960	76	House	74	5	41	31	R	28	42	70	63
1961	77	House	22	35	52	9	D	62	5	59	88	11
1962	78	House	25	19	67	9	D	67	8	69	83	33
1963	79	House	33	47	69	5	D	62	4	66	73	20
1964	80	House	42	50	68	8	D	71	4	75	75	27
Lifetime conservative rating:												24%

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.