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Michael Enzi

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 1, 1944 in Bremerton, WA
Died: July 26, 2021 in Gillette, WY

Education:

  • George Washington University, B.S., 1966
  • Denver University, M.B.A., 1968

Military Service:

  • WY National Guard, 1967-1973

Career:

  • Owner of shoe store, 1969-1995
  • Banker, 1978-1988

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Gillette, 1975-1982
  • WY House, 1987-1991
  • WY Senate, 1991-1996


Election Results for Michael Enzi


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 52 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 27,056 32.5%
1996 52 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 114,116 54.1%
2002 58 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 78,612 85.9%
2002 58 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 133,710 73.0%
2008 64 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 69,195 100.0%
2008 64 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 189,046 75.6%
2014 70 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 77,965 81.8%
2014 70 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 121,554 72.2%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Enzi


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
1997 53 Senate 88 8 97 2 D 51 49 99 10 92
1998 54 Senate 75 25 96 4 D 31 68 99 0 92
1999 55 Senate 95 5 96 4 D 24 76 99 0 92
2000 56 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 35 65 99 0 92
2001 57 Senate 93 5 R 96 3 98 11 92
2002 58 Senate 91 5 R 91 4 95 10 100
2003 59 Senate 99 1 R 96 3 99 5 80
2004 60 Senate 96 3 R 98 2 99 5 96
2005 61 Senate 93 6 R 84 13 98 10 96
2006 62 Senate 88 2 R 86 9 90 6 96
2007 63 Senate 94 4 R 84 9 96 11 96
2008 64 Senate 99 1 R 74 26 99 5 96
2009 65 Senate 97 2 D 42 55 98 10 100
2010 66 Senate 94 3 D 41 56 98 5 96
2011 67 Senate 92 1 D 52 46 96 10 89
2012 68 Senate 89 9 D 44 53 99 0 92
2013 69 Senate 97 2 D 29 69 99 5 88
2014 70 Senate 96 3 D 53 47 99 15 80
2015 71 Senate 90 6 D 49 43 96 0 91
2016 72 Senate 89 5 D 52 45 98 5 88
2017 73 Senate 99 1 R 98 2 99 0 80
2018 74 Senate 99 1 R 96 4 100 0 86
2019 75 Senate 99 1 R 97 2 99 0 90
2020 76 Senate 89 1 R 93 6 90 5 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.