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 74% 15% 90% 2% 1997 75 19 90 3 1996 77 18 90 4 1995 84 12 93 3 1994 72 19 92 2 1993 74 23 90 2 1992 14 77 88 6 1991 23 73 92 3 1990 16 81 89 6 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 92 1997 92 1996 94 1995 95 1994 93 1993 92 1992 93 1991 96 1990 95	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 100% n/a 19% 8 % 1997 95 100 11 4 1996 90 100 13 0 1995 95 100 17 8 1994 90 100 25 0 1993 100 100 0 8 1992 85 92 25 0 1991 95 100 20 0 1990 100 83 21 4
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

CALIFORNIA 7 : Northeastern Bay Area

Situated along the San Pablo Bay and home to extensive marshes and wetlands where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Deltas feed into the bay, the 7th combines industrial and suburban areas of Contra Costa County with the southern third of the more rural Solano County.

In Contra Costa County, the district takes in middle-class Concord and the industrial cities of Richmond and Martinez along San Pablo Bay, home to oil terminals and factories. Richmond was home to one of the largest World War II shipbuilding operations.

Vallejo, the largest city in Solano County, was the site of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which employed about 15,000 people and closed in the mid-1990s after 140 years of operation. The city is in the process of converting the island to private-sector business property. Vallejo and other Solano County communities, traditionally Democratic, also are home to farm-support services and industry.

Democrats were put in a stronger position in 1992 after redistricting moved some of the more Republican-leaning suburbs south and east of Concord to the neighboring 10th District. With the GOP areas gone, the 7th is a safe Democratic seat.

Major Industry
Petrochemicals, agriculture, health care

Military Bases
Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station Detachment, 200 military, 195 civilian (1998)

Population
572,857 (1990)

Cities
Vallejo, 111,436 (1998); Concord (pt.), 98,608; Richmond (pt.), 86,780; Pittsburg (pt.), 47,559 (1990)

People
100% urban; 10% age 65+ (ranks 31 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 54% married couples, 26% married couples with children; 23% college educated (ranks 21 of 52 in state; top third nationally); 63% white collar (ranks 21 or 52 in state; top third nationally), 23% blue collar (ranks 27 of 52 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Race
63% white, 17% black, 14% Asian; 13% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$38,608 (ranks 19 of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Actor Tom Hanks born in Concord; Vallejo twice served as state capital in the 1850s; The forerunner to the Martini, the "Martinez Special," became popular in the city of Martinez during the Gold Rush.

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