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Mike McCormack

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 14, 1921 in Basil, OH
Died: November 7, 2020 in Medford, OR

Education:

  • Attended University of Toledo
  • Washington State University, B.S., 1948, M.S., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Instructor at University of Puget Sound, 1949-1950
  • Research scientist, Hanford Project, 1950-1970

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1957-1960
  • WA Senate, 1961-1970


Election Results for Mike McCormack


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 48 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 2 28,566 36.7%
1970 48 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,119 52.6%
1972 50 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 44,621 39.7%
1972 50 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 97,593 52.1%
1974 52 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 34,388 49.3%
1974 52 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,949 58.9%
1976 54 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 55,092 54.9%
1976 54 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,364 57.8%
1978 56 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 50,434 62.1%
1978 56 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,602 61.1%
1980 58 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 48,800 42.1%
1980 58 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 2 100,114 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Mike McCormack


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
1971 49 House 15 77 83 12 R 46 47 92 83 5
1972 50 House 22 46 54 13 R 30 30 67 92 17
1973 51 House 26 65 78 12 R 23 60 88 83 13
1974 52 House 26 65 77 16 R 45 49 93 86 5
1975 53 House 36 57 76 19 R 40 53 90 83 9
1976 54 House 41 50 71 21 R 43 47 86 40 24
1977 55 House 37 56 74 18 D 62 29 90 40 22
1978 56 House 42 50 65 26 D 55 39 90 40 22
1979 57 House 38 50 74 12 D 71 19 87 61 15
1980 58 House 39 48 68 15 D 66 20 83 53 12
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.