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 71% 20% 86% 9% 1997 68 31 78 15 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 95 1997 95	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 95% n/a 44% 8 % 1997 65 75 60 28
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 46 : Part of Orange County; Santa Ana; Garden Grove

A blue-collar district full of older suburban homes and younger families, the 46th is unlike its mostly affluent, Republican neighbors. It takes in parts of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, where a growing number of Hispanics and other ethnic minorities are changing its demographics, resulting in an even stronger Democratic voter base.

Most of the 46th's Orange County population is contained within two cities, Santa Ana in the south and Garden Grove in the north.

Santa Ana - the seat of Orange County - has higher unemployment and more blue-collar jobs than surrounding areas. Garden Grove is more residential and divided into an affluent west, an ethnically diverse middle and a heavily Hispanic east. Little Saigon sits just south of the district in Westminster. An influx of Southeast Asian refugees into Garden Grove has spurred a conservative backlash from some of the city's white, blue-collar workers.

The 46th has one of the lowest education rates in California and is plagued by gangs and high crime rates. Apart from Disneyland, no one employer drives the area's economy. Defense subcontractors and small businesses are scattered throughout the district.

Major Industry
Small business, service, defense

Population
570,963 (1990)

Cities
Santa Ana (pt.), 271,662; Anaheim (pt.), 151,589; Garden Grove (pt.), 124,182 (1990)

People
100% urban; 7% age 65+ (ranks 50 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 58% married couples, 33% married couples with children; 12% college educated (ranks 46 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally); 45% white collar (ranks 49 of 52 in state; bottom third nationally), 37% blue collar (ranks third of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Race
67% white, 2% black, 12% Asian; 49% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$35,416 (ranks 25 of 52 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Disneyland in Anaheim; Garden Grove known for the "positive thinking" television ministry of Robert Schuller and his Crystal Cathedral.

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