Election results and ideology ratings for John McCain -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 29, 1936 in Canal Zone, Panama
Died: August 25, 2018 in Cornville, AZ

Election Results for John McCain

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1982	45	AZ	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	15,363	31.8%
1982	45	AZ	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	89,116	65.9%

1984	47	AZ	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	27,488	100.0%
1984	47	AZ	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	162,418	78.1%

1986	49	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	205,965	100.0%
1986	49	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	521,850	60.5%

1992	55	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	201,500	100.0%
1992	55	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	771,395	55.8%

1998	61	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	206,490	100.0%
1998	61	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	696,577	68.7%

2004	67	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	331,720	100.0%
2004	67	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	1,505,372	76.7%

2010	73	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	333,744	56.3%
2010	73	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	1,005,615	58.9%

2016	79	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		Primary	1	302,532	51.2%
2016	79	AZ	R	U.S. Senate Class 3		General	1	1,359,267	53.7%

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

Ideology Data for John McCain

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1983	46	House	90	7	83	9	R	80	17	90	10	95
1984	47	House	83	8	74	13	R	64	27	89	11	86
1985	48	House	84	13	81	13	R	68	25	95	5	79
1986	49	House	76	18	67	25	R	68	29	93	11	73

1987	50	Senate	69	25	84	11	R	65	24	92	15	92
1988	51	Senate	78	16	84	13	R	70	23	92	10	80
1989	52	Senate	84	13	85	13	R	91	9	97	5	92
1990	53	Senate	76	22	78	19	R	74	25	98	11	87
1991	54	Senate	90	8	87	11	R	86	14	98	5	86
1992	55	Senate	82	13	84	13	R	75	25	98	20	85
1993	56	Senate	78	12	88	8	D	27	70	96	16	83
1994	57	Senate	69	25	88	8	D	42	53	94	11	96
1995	58	Senate	79	16	86	10	D	35	63	96	0	91
1996	59	Senate	89	11	93	5	D	31	66	98	0	95
1997	60	Senate	76	24	83	15	D	68	29	98	5	83
1998	61	Senate	75	25	81	15	D	46	47	96	20	68
1999	62	Senate	90	10	59	6	D	38	62	64	13	78
2000	63	Senate	83	17	68	14	D	38	62	78	13	82
2001	64	Senate			66	32	R	78	9	96	40	68
2002	65	Senate			76	19	R	83	6	92	21	78
2003	66	Senate			85	14	R	91	9	99	35	75
2004	67	Senate			78	20	R	93	7	97	37	72
2005	68	Senate			80	15	R	69	20	91	10	80
2006	69	Senate			72	23	R	71	9	91	15	65
2007	70	Senate			43	5	R	38	2	44	25	80
2008	71	Senate			24	2	R	15	2	20	20	71
2009	72	Senate			95	3	D	42	54	98	15	96
2010	73	Senate			97	2	D	40	60	99	0	100
2011	74	Senate			83	7	D	53	36	90	15	80
2012	75	Senate			86	12	D	51	40	97	10	92
2013	76	Senate			69	26	D	52	38	93	20	52
2014	77	Senate			87	9	D	57	41	97	5	91
2015	78	Senate			88	10	D	60	34	97	10	67
2016	79	Senate			87	11	D	48	42	98	5	88
2017	80	Senate			80	6	R	74	8	87	6	57
Lifetime conservative rating:												81%

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.