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 77% 15% 89% 4% 1997 69 28 84 11 1996 80 15 85 9 1995 83 12 90 6 1994 88 10 89 4 1993 86 9 92 5 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 93 1997 94 1996 94 1995 95 1994 94 1993 96	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 95% n/a 31% 4 % 1997 90 100 44 17 1996 90 91 31 0 1995 100 100 13 12 1994 85 78 50 24 1993 75 100 18 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

FLORIDA 3 : North - parts of Jacksonville and Orlando

Split nearly 50-50 between black and white residents, the 3rd roughly follows the St. Johns River from Jacksonville and winds south to near Orlando. A black-majority district prior to a 1996 redistricting, the 3rd is Florida's poorest and just 10 percent of its residents were college-educated as of 1990. Although its population is mostly urban, the 3rd contains miles of swamps and lakes in its rural areas.

Democrats enjoy a nearly 3-to-1 voter registration margin over Republicans and have strongholds in downtown Jacksonville and Orlando. Slightly more than half of the 3rd's population lives around Jacksonville and votes Democratic in large numbers. The rural areas of the district have more Republicans and conservative Democrats, but not enough to counter the Democratic majority.

Mostly a blue-collar area, the district relies on Naval Air Station Jacksonville and other area government facilities for jobs. Jacksonville's emergence as a banking and financial center has helped the economic outlook, while Orlando residents work in tourism jobs at locations like Epcot Center (in the 8th). But most of the areas in between have agricultural land and lack major private employers, contributing to the 3rd's poor economic profile.

Major Industry
Defense, government, transportation

Military Bases
Naval Air Station Jacksonville, 8,907 military, 7,261 civilian (1997)

Population
562,080 (1990)

Cities
Jacksonville (pt.), 248,582; Orlando (pt.), 42,756 (1990)

People
80% urban; 13% age 65+ (ranks 17 of 23 in state; middle third nationally); 46% married couples, 20% married couples with children; 10% college educated (ranks 23 of 23 in state; bottom third nationally); 48% white collar (ranks 21 of 23 in state; bottom third nationally), 29% blue collar (ranks first of 23 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Race
50% white, 47% black, 1% Asian; 3% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$21,306 (ranks 23 of 23 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Eatonville, hometown of Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston; Ocoee, site of the first citrus nursery in the United States.

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