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Olympia Snowe

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1947 in Augusta, ME

Education:

  • University of Maine, B.A., 1969

Career:

  • Businesswoman

Elected Office:

  • ME House, 1973-1976
  • ME Senate, 1976-1978


Election Results for Olympia Snowe


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 31 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,939 50.8%
1980 33 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 186,406 78.5%
1982 35 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 136,075 66.6%
1984 37 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 192,166 75.7%
1986 39 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,770 77.3%
1988 41 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 167,226 66.2%
1990 43 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 121,704 51.0%
1992 45 ME R U.S. House District 02 General 1 153,022 49.1%
1994 47 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 80,686 99.9%
1994 47 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 308,244 60.2%
2000 53 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 34,757 100.0%
2000 53 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 437,689 68.9%
2006 59 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 58,979 100.0%
2006 59 ME R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 402,598 73.9%


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



Ideology Data for Olympia Snowe


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
1979 32 House 71 28 69 29 D 43 54 95 39 49
1980 33 House 73 22 67 29 D 56 41 96 29 47
1981 34 House 69 31 68 32 R 67 33 99 45 83
1982 35 House 58 40 53 46 R 47 52 99 53 36
1983 36 House 49 49 46 53 R 50 50 98 35 45
1984 37 House 64 36 47 53 R 49 51 99 55 26
1985 38 House 69 31 56 43 R 48 52 99 35 42
1986 39 House 64 36 53 47 R 44 54 99 50 48
1987 40 House 65 35 48 50 R 38 58 98 56 22
1988 41 House 82 19 54 46 R 37 63 100 60 40
1989 42 House 76 22 47 52 R 51 48 99 35 54
1990 43 House 67 33 57 43 R 48 51 99 28 54
1991 44 House 89 11 52 47 R 47 47 96 35 55
1992 45 House 69 31 58 41 R 41 59 99 50 58
1993 46 House 66 34 68 32 D 41 59 99 40 67
1994 47 House 75 19 66 33 D 59 40 99 32 57
1995 48 Senate 61 39 70 30 D 42 58 99 40 39
1996 49 Senate 79 21 72 28 D 53 47 100 35 70
1997 50 Senate 68 32 59 41 D 78 22 100 55 46
1998 51 Senate 75 25 65 35 D 54 44 99 35 40
1999 52 Senate 69 31 69 31 D 49 51 100 40 60
2000 53 Senate 71 29 71 29 D 62 38 99 35 80
2001 54 Senate 64 36 R 84 16 100 40 60
2002 55 Senate 58 42 R 91 9 100 30 65
2003 56 Senate 75 25 R 82 18 100 55 35
2004 57 Senate 71 29 R 83 17 100 65 60
2005 58 Senate 56 44 R 64 36 100 65 32
2006 59 Senate 54 42 R 71 24 97 53 36
2007 60 Senate 44 56 R 57 43 100 60 28
2008 61 Senate 38 62 R 48 52 100 80 12
2009 62 Senate 49 51 D 82 18 100 65 48
2010 63 Senate 73 27 D 65 35 100 40 64
2011 64 Senate 57 42 D 65 33 100 45 55
2012 65 Senate 43 55 D 76 20 100 47 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   48%


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.