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Michael Fitzpatrick

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1963 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: January 6, 2020 in Levittown, PA (melanoma)

Education:

  • St. Thomas University, B.A., 1985
  • Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1988

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Bucks County commissioner, 1995-2004



Election Results for Michael Fitzpatrick


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 41 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 183,229 55.3%
2006 43 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,862 100.0%
2006 43 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 2 124,138 49.7%
2010 47 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,671 76.7%
2010 47 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 130,759 53.5%
2012 49 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 42,935 100.0%
2012 49 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 199,379 56.6%
2014 51 PA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,170 100.0%
2014 51 PA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 137,731 61.9%


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




Ideology Data for Michael Fitzpatrick


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
2005 42 House 75 24 R 61 39 99 26 60
2006 43 House 62 33 R 66 34 96 42 46
2011 48 House 79 20 D 21 79 99 20 64
2012 49 House 77 23 D 25 73 99 10 52
2013 50 House 83 16 D 18 81 99 15 36
2014 51 House 79 18 D 20 77 97 10 40
2015 52 House 79 19 D 18 80 98 0 38
2016 53 House 78 16 D 9 87 94 11 39
Lifetime conservative rating:   47%


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.