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Mac Collins

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 15, 1944 in Jackson, GA
Died: November 20, 2018 in Flovilla, GA

Military Service:

  • GA National Guard, 1964-1970

Career:

  • Founder/president of trucking company, 1965-1992

Elected Office:

  • Butts County commissioner, 1977-1981
  • GA Senate, 1989-1993

Other notes:

  • Father of Mike Collins


Election Results for Mac Collins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 47 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,484 54.6%
1992 47 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,107 54.8%
1994 49 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,662 100.0%
1994 49 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 94,717 65.5%
1996 51 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,829 100.0%
1996 51 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 120,251 61.1%
1998 53 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,062 100.0%
1998 53 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 123,064 100.0%
2000 55 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,153 89.2%
2000 55 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 150,200 63.5%
2002 57 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 53,691 100.0%
2002 57 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 142,505 78.3%
2004 59 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 133,952 20.6%
2006 61 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 25,065 81.5%
2006 61 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 2 78,908 49.5%


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



Ideology Data for Mac Collins


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
1993 48 House 91 9 94 6 D 29 71 99 10 100
1994 49 House 86 14 90 8 D 36 63 98 0 95
1995 50 House 95 4 97 1 D 15 85 99 0 92
1996 51 House 98 2 98 2 D 32 68 100 5 100
1997 52 House 85 7 90 4 D 27 72 95 6 83
1998 53 House 90 7 93 5 D 12 87 97 0 100
1999 54 House 96 3 D 17 80 98 15 92
2000 55 House 93 3 D 16 82 95 5 96
2001 56 House 97 2 R 84 14 98 5 96
2002 57 House 95 4 R 86 11 95 0 100
2003 58 House 97 1 R 91 5 95 5 92
2004 59 House 66 0 R 58 12 68 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.