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Thomas Massie

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 13, 1971 in Huntington, WV

Education:

  • Massaschusetts Institute of Technology, B.S. (engineering), 1993, M.M.F., 1996

Career:

  • Founder, SensAble Technologies, 1993-2003
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • Lewis County judge, 2010-2012


Election Results for Thomas Massie


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 41 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,689 44.8%
2012 41 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 186,036 62.1%
2014 43 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 150,464 67.7%
2016 45 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 233,922 71.3%
2018 47 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 162,946 62.2%
2020 49 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 68,591 81.0%
2020 49 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 256,613 67.1%
2022 51 KY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,301 75.2%
2022 51 KY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 167,541 65.0%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Massie


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
2012 41 House 3 0 D 3 3 8 50 0
2013 42 House 88 12 D 26 73 99 35 88
2014 43 House 89 11 D 17 83 100 10 80
2015 44 House 86 14 D 16 84 99 16 100
2016 45 House 88 10 D 23 68 98 22 96
2017 46 House 89 11 R 78 22 99 35 85
2018 47 House 76 22 R 44 56 98 33 92
2019 48 House 87 10 R 77 21 97 15 93
2020 49 House 88 8 R 75 19 96 16 88
2021 50 House 88 10 D 0 100 99 15 100
2022 51 House 88 8 D 7 87 94 100
2023 52 House 89 10 D 98 96
2024 53 House 68 11 D 82 91
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.