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Norman D'Amours

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 14, 1937 in Holyoke, MA

Education:

  • Assumption College, B.A., 1960
  • Boston University, LL.B., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1964-1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant NH Attorney General, 1966-1969
  • Manchester city prosecutor, 1970-1972


Election Results for Norman D'Amours


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 36 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 12,036 49.8%
1974 36 NH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,388 52.1%
1976 38 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,381 99.9%
1976 38 NH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,806 68.0%
1978 40 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,028 99.8%
1978 40 NH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,697 61.6%
1980 42 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,470 99.8%
1980 42 NH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,061 60.8%
1982 44 NH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,949 99.6%
1982 44 NH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,281 54.9%
1984 46 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 42,371 99.3%
1984 46 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 157,447 41.0%
1992 54 NH D Governor Primary 2 23,919 27.3%


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



Ideology Data for Norman D'Amours


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
1975 37 House 32 66 75 24 R 28 71 97 63* 36
1976 38 House 34 64 81 18 R 20 76 97 75 14
1977 39 House 35 62 74 22 D 71 29 96 74 25
1978 40 House 43 54 58 38 D 61 37 95 45 29
1979 41 House 42 51 65 27 D 61 34 92 67 23
1980 42 House 46 53 70 27 D 70 26 95 56 11
1981 43 House 39 60 76 19 R 34 59 91 74 25
1982 44 House 42 44 68 23 R 34 53 89 63 19
1983 45 House 39 57 71 21 R 27 62 91 80 27
1984 46 House 34 56 58 24 R 34 50 81 72 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.