Election results and ideology ratings for Margaret Chase Smith -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 14, 1897 in Skowhegan, ME
Died: May 29, 1995 in Skowhegan, ME

Election Results for Margaret Chase Smith

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	42	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Special Primary	1	6,784	92.5%
1940	42	ME	D	U.S. House	District 02	Special Primary	1	249	71.3%
1940	42	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	27,037	63.8%
1940	42	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	57,152	64.6%
1940	42	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Special	1	3,667	100.0%

1942	44	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	14,090	100.0%
1942	44	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	42,062	67.6%

1944	46	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	25,862	100.0%
1944	46	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	46,545	67.8%

1946	48	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	19,120	100.0%
1946	48	ME	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	39,791	60.7%

1948	50	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	63,786	51.9%
1948	50	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	1	159,182	71.3%

1954	56	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	96,457	83.3%
1954	56	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	1	144,530	58.6%

1960	62	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	67,765	100.0%
1960	62	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	1	256,890	61.6%

1966	68	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	1	188,291	58.9%

1972	74	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	79,964	67.6%
1972	74	ME	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	2	197,040	46.8%

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

Ideology Data for Margaret Chase Smith

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1940	42	House			23	10	D			35
1941	43	House			63	35	D			93
1942	44	House			60	40	D			100
1943	45	House			73	15	D			81
1944	46	House			70	23	D			85
1945	47	House			52	32	D			79
1946	48	House			41	54	D			95
1947	49	House			79	21	D			96	42
1948	50	House			72	0	D			35	20

1949	51	Senate			51	46	D			98	43
1950	52	Senate			53	45	D			91	67
1951	53	Senate			71	26	D			92	42
1952	54	Senate			77	14	D			86	36
1953	55	Senate			88	12	R	82		100	27
1954	56	Senate			87	13	R	86	14	100	38
1955	57	Senate			69	23	R	69	12	87	30
1956	58	Senate			75	25	R	86	14	100	57
1957	59	Senate			76	24	R	77	23	100	75
1958	60	Senate			49	51	R	67	33	100	42
1959	61	Senate	67	32	71	29	R	71	29	100	38
1960	62	Senate	48	52	57	43	R	65	35	100	67
1961	63	Senate	66	34	65	35	D	48	52	100	50	50
1962	64	Senate	76	24	74	26	D	54	46	100	17	63
1963	65	Senate	53	46	58	42	D	71	29	100	41	31
1964	66	Senate	25	75	47	53	D	75	25	100	84	31
1965	67	Senate	59	41	48	52	D	78	22	100	59	27
1966	68	Senate	56	44	51	49	D	67	33	100	55	41
1967	69	Senate	70	30	51	49	D	70	30	100	23	73
1968	70	Senate	50	21	49	29	D	53	29	79	36	64
1969	71	Senate	70	30	70	30	R	69	31	100	33	60
1970	72	Senate	64	19	61	27	R	70	25	86	15	62
1971	73	Senate	86	8	72	23	R	76	13	93	19	85
1972	74	Senate	80	20	77	23	R	83	17	100	30	33
Lifetime conservative rating:												53%

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.