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Diane Watson

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 12, 1933 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • UCLA., B.A., 1954
  • California State University (Los Angeles), M.S., 1968
  • Claremont University, Ph.D., 1987

Career:

  • Faculty member, California State University (Los Angeles), 1969-1971
  • CA Department of Education, 1971-1973
  • Teacher/school psychologist, 1954-1975
  • Los Angeles Board of Education, 1975-1978
  • U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, 1999-2000

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1978-1998


Election Results for Diane Watson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2001 67 CA D U.S. House District 32 Special Open Primary 1 29,524 33.5%
2001 67 CA D U.S. House District 32 Special 1 75,584 74.8%
2002 68 CA D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 49,291 100.0%
2002 68 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 97,779 82.5%
2004 70 CA D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 53,376 100.0%
2004 70 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 166,801 88.6%
2006 72 CA D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 47,461 90.9%
2006 72 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 113,715 100.0%
2008 74 CA D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 44,934 88.1%
2008 74 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 186,924 87.6%


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



Ideology Data for Diane Watson


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
2001 67 House 61 3 R 12 58 67 100 0
2002 68 House 91 2 R 11 82 91 100 0
2003 69 House 95 2 R 16 82 97 100 13
2004 70 House 90 2 R 24 67 91 100 0
2005 71 House 95 2 R 9 89 94 100 4
2006 72 House 87 1 R 8 76 87 94 0
2007 73 House 94 1 R 4 93 95 95 0
2008 74 House 95 1 R 12 84 96 100 4
2009 75 House 98 0 D 93 6 97 100 0
2010 76 House 84 2 D 66 10 89 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.