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Michael Michaud

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 18, 1955 in Millinocket, ME

Career:

  • Mill worker

Elected Office:

  • ME House, 1980-1994
  • ME Senate, 1994-2002 (President, 2001)


Election Results for Michael Michaud


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 47 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,230 31.4%
2002 47 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 116,868 52.0%
2004 49 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,609 100.0%
2004 49 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 199,303 58.0%
2006 51 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,242 100.0%
2006 51 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 179,772 70.5%
2008 53 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,873 100.0%
2008 53 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 226,274 67.4%
2010 55 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,628 100.0%
2010 55 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 147,042 55.1%
2012 57 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,895 100.0%
2012 57 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 191,456 58.2%
2014 59 ME D Governor Primary 1 56,286 100.0%
2014 59 ME D Governor General 2 265,125 43.4%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Michaud


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
2003 48 House 90 10 R 31 69 99 95 36
2004 49 House 88 12 R 36 64 99 90 20
2005 50 House 91 8 R 17 80 99 89 16
2006 51 House 92 8 R 32 68 100 90 12
2007 52 House 94 4 R 6 93 98 85 0
2008 53 House 94 6 R 14 86 99 90 12
2009 54 House 92 8 D 93 7 99 90 8
2010 55 House 91 9 D 88 12 100 90 0
2011 56 House 87 13 D 76 24 99 95 4
2012 57 House 91 8 D 83 15 99 85 8
2013 58 House 92 8 D 91 9 99 75 20
2014 59 House 94 6 D 82 18 99 75 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.