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Justin Amash

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1980 in Grand Rapids, MI

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 2008-2010

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Republican to Indepedent, 7/4/2019
  • Changed party affiliation from Independent to Libertarian, 5/1/2020


Election Results for Justin Amash


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 30 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 38,569 40.3%
2010 30 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 133,714 59.7%
2012 32 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 51,113 69.2%
2012 32 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 171,675 52.6%
2014 34 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,706 57.4%
2014 34 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 125,754 57.9%
2016 36 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 55,889 100.0%
2016 36 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 203,545 59.5%
2018 38 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 69,817 99.9%
2018 38 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 169,107 54.4%
2024 44 MI R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 137,565 15.6%


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



Ideology Data for Justin Amash


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
2011 31 House 88 11 D 21 74 100 24 92
2012 32 House 85 15 D 53 47 100 65 84
2013 33 House 86 14 D 26 73 100 25 92
2014 34 House 89 11 D 20 79 100 15 84
2015 35 House 83 17 D 25 74 100 20 96
2016 36 House 87 13 D 21 79 100 20 83
2017 37 House 82 18 R 64 36 99 30 81
2018 38 House 71 28 R 37 63 100 50 88
2019 39 House 72 27 R 35 23 100 20 90
2020 40 House 74 25 R 72 11 100 20 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.