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% 73% 83% 9% 1997 24 76 90 8 1996 34 66 89 10 1995 17 82 95 5 1994 32 63 93 3 1993 23 77 92 6 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 92 1997 98 1996 98 1995 99 1994 96 1993 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 5% n/a 71% 100 % 1997 10 0 80 100 1996 15 36 88 100 1995 0 0 96 100 1994 10 11 83 95 1993 20 8 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

CALIFORNIA 39 : Parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties - Fullerton

The 39th straddles the line between Orange and Los Angeles counties - the area where the more affluent parts of Los Angeles County's suburbs meet the less affluent, yet still strongly Republican, sections of Orange County. Los Angeles County's piece of the district gives the 39th a more moderate bent than some of its neighbors but, overall, Republicans dominate.

Like most of the 39th, Fullerton, the district's largest city, is suburban and upper-middle-class. La Habra Heights and the eastern half of Whittier are affluent areas in the 39th's northern Los Angeles County region, while Hawaiian Gardens is a working-class, Democratic pocket with a large Hispanic population. To the north, Cerritos is heavily Asian.

Before massive growth in the 1960s and '70s, Orange County consisted largely of orange and lemon groves, and cities like Cerritos and Artesia were dairy farm communities. Now the economy centers on aerospace and defense. New high-tech firms also have sprung up in the district.

Major Industry
Aerospace, defense, manufacturing

Population
573,941 (1990)

Cities
Fullerton (pt.), 113,983; Buena Park (pt.), 62,674 (1990); Cerritos, 56,700; La Habra, 55,000 (1998 est.)

People
100% urban; 9% age 65+ (ranks 36 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 62% married couples, 29% married couples with children; 25% college educated (ranks 18 of 52 in state; top third nationally); 66% white collar (ranks 17 of 52 in state; top third nationally), 23% blue collar (ranks 27 of 52 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Race
73% white, 3% black, 14% Asian; 22% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$46,196 (ranks eighth of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Buena Park home to Knott's Berry Farm, the first amusement park in the United States; Along Beach Boulevard sit the Movieland Wax Museum, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Wild Bill's Wild West Dinner and the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, where Jim Carrey jousted with Matthew Broderick in the movie, "The Cable Guy."

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