CQ Voting Studies are an annual analysis of a member's support or opposition to a given position. Interest Group Ratings are based on rankings from groups chosen to represent liberal, conservative, business and labor viewpoints.Voting Participation scores are based on the number of times a member voted "yea" or "nay" on roll call votes (not including quorum calls in the House). CQ Vote Studies Year Presidential Support Party Unity   S* O* S O 1998 20% 79% 94% 6% 1997 27 73 95 4 1996 34 66 94 5 1995 19 81 96 3 1994 44 55 79 20 1993 32 68 95 4 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 99 1997 99 1996 98 1995 99 1994 99 1993 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 5% n/a 89% 100 % 1997 0 0 80 96 1996 5 9 94 100 1995 0 8 100 92 1994 0 33 75 100 1993 10 25 91 96
Note on Interest Groups: ADA=Americans for Democratic Action; AFL-CIO=American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations; CCUS=Chamber of Commerce of the United States; ACU=American Conservative Union

ALABAMA 2 : Southeast - Part of Montgomery; Dothan

Besides Dothan and a large portion of the state capital, Montgomery, the 2nd consists of scattered small towns. Farmers have diversified away from cotton since a boll weevil infestation in the early 1900s nearly wiped out their main crop. Poultry farms now complement cotton, peanut and tree farming, but the district's economy is still recouping from losses caused by hurricanes, floods, droughts and ice storms in recent years. Farther south, around Dothan, high-tech and auto parts plants have replaced textile mills that moved overseas.

Defense and state government continue to provide steady employment. Maxwell Air Force Base and its Gunter Annex are responsible for most of the Air Force's computer systems. Tourism also contributes, particularly in Montgomery, where Martin Luther King Jr. launched the civil rights movement from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, large antebellum homes in Eufaula and fishing at Lake Eufaula also attract visitors from all over the Southeast.

Redistricting in 1992 created the black-majority 7th and left most of Montgomery's white voters in the 2nd. A large military retiree population underscores a conservative constituency that usually votes Republican. The 2nd usually sends Democrats to the state legislature, but the GOP has tightened the gap.

Major Industry
Agriculture, military, manufacturing

Military Bases
Fort Rucker (Army), 4,800 military, 2,400 civilian; Maxwell Air Force Base, 4,000 military, 5,000 civilian (1997)

Population
577,203 (1990)

Cities
Montgomery (pt.), 120,099 (1990); Dothan, 55,944; Prattville, 24,269 (1997)

People
42% rural; 13% age 65+ (ranks third of seven in state; middle third nationally); 59% married couples, 28% married couples with children; 17% college educated (ranks third of seven in state; middle third nationally); 54% white collar (ranks third of seven in state; middle third nationally), 32% blue collar (ranks fourth of seven in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Race
75% white, 24% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$24,374 (ranks third of seven in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Former Gov. George Wallace from Clayton; Hank Williams Sr. Museum in Georgiana.

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