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Connie Mack

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 29, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1966

Career:

  • Banker

Other notes:

  • Step-grandson of Tom Connally, father of Connie Mack IV


Election Results for Connie Mack


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 41 FL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,962 28.5%
1982 41 FL R U.S. House District 13 Primary Runoff 1 36,408 58.2%
1982 41 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 132,951 65.1%
1984 43 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 45 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 187,846 75.0%
1988 47 FL R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 405,296 61.8%
1988 47 FL R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,051,071 50.4%
1994 53 FL R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,894,726 70.5%


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



Ideology Data for Connie Mack


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
1983 42 House 92 6 94 4 R 77 20 96 15 90
1984 43 House 92 8 94 4 R 76 21 97 5 96
1985 44 House 91 9 91 7 R 85 15 99 10 95
1986 45 House 98 0 94 4 R 86 12 98 0 100
1987 46 House 91 5 91 3 R 77 19 92 0 95
1988 47 House 37 0 35 1 R 33 11 31 0 100
1989 48 Senate 82 18 90 10 R 86 14 99 5 96
1990 49 Senate 95 5 86 14 R 88 12 99 0 96
1991 50 Senate 90 8 88 11 R 86 14 99 15 90
1992 51 Senate 82 13 91 8 R 83 16 98 11 96
1993 52 Senate 98 2 94 5 D 25 75 99 10 92
1994 53 Senate 94 6 89 11 D 40 60 99 10 96
1995 54 Senate 91 5 93 5 D 22 77 98 0 91
1996 55 Senate 92 0 85 6 D 32 63 93 0 100
1997 56 Senate 88 12 86 11 D 57 38 98 0 87
1998 57 Senate 100 0 86 13 D 50 50 99 0 80
1999 58 Senate 97 3 90 3 D 28 72 93 0 91
2000 59 Senate 94 6 93 6 D 51 49 98 10 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.