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 80% 13% 91% 1% 1997 83 16 98 2 1996 80 16 95 3 1995 89 8 98 1 1994 87 13 99 1 1993 80 18 95 3 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 93 1997 99 1996 97 1995 99 1994 99 1993 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 100% n/a 29% 0 % 1997 100 100 30 8 1996 90 91 25 0 1995 95 100 13 4 1994 100 78 33 0 1993 95 92 20 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 33 : East-Central Los Angeles

The Democratic 33rd takes in the heart and eastern part of Los Angeles and is distinguished by its 83 percent Hispanic majority, the largest in the state. One of California's poorest and least-educated districts, the 33rd has had one of the worst voter turnout rates of any House district in the nation, although voter participation is on the rise.

The district's northwest corner reaches into the busy downtown Los Angeles financial center. To the west is Pico Union, an entry port for new immigrants and one of the area's poorest and most populated communities. Conditions improve in the district's southeast portion, where those who have emerged from the ranks of the working poor are settling into middle-class residential areas like South Gate, which is less Democratic than the rest of the district and home to small businesses and a light manufacturing sector.

While much of the 33rd is economically depressed, the cities of Vernon and Commerce in the district's midsection house much of the 33rd's industry, with facilities including food processing plants and metal-plating operations. The district also is attracting new "green" industries, such as recycling companies. Other bright spots include the Alameda Corridor project, an effort to connect manufacturing and distribution sites by rail, and the Staples Center, the new home for the Los Angeles Lakers (basketball) and Kings (hockey).

Major Industry
Government, manufacturing, service

Population
570,893 (1990)

Cities
Los Angeles (pt.), 214,359 (1990); South Gate, 93,000; Huntington Park, 62,200 (1998 est.)

People
100% urban; 7% age 65+ (ranks 51 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 49% married couples, 34% married couples with children; 5% college educated (ranks 52 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 31% white collar (ranks 52 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally), 52% blue collar (ranks first of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Race
36% white, 4% black, 4% Asian; 83% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$20,708 (ranks 52 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Little Tokyo and Chinatown; Walt Disney Concert Hall; Olivera Street in downtown Los Angeles considered the city's birthplace; Angels Flight, trolley used before escalators to move people to the next street level.

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