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 24% 76% 94% 6% 1997 31 69 89 10 1996 38 62 93 7 1995 23 77 95 5 1994 44 56 95 4 1993 29 69 94 4 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 99 1997 99 1996 99 1995 100 1994 99 1993 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 0% n/a 100% 96 % 1997 10 13 100 76 1996 0 0 94 95 1995 0 0 100 88 1994 0 0 92 100 1993 5 0 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

MICHIGAN 11 : Southeast - Part of Oakland County

Michigan's 11th - the most white-collar, best-educated and wealthiest district in the state - stands apart from the rest of metropolitan Detroit. It's a lone free-market, Republican stronghold in a region renowned for its staunch support of pro-labor Democrats.

Covering the southeastern portion of Oakland County, the third-wealthiest county in the nation, the 11th houses the mansions of auto executives and the homes of Detroit's professionals. Communities such as Farmington Hills and Bloomfield, north of the northern Detroit boundary cut by 8 Mile Road, form a corridor between Grand River Avenue and the Northwestern Freeway that has served as one of the major routes for white exodus from Detroit. Southfield, a suburb just beyond the Detroit boundary, has become a haven for black urban professionals escaping Detroit's crime.

The northwestern part of the 11th is covered with lakes and golf courses. To the south, the district also includes the comfortable Wayne County communities of Redford and Livonia. Residents from the metropolitan Detroit Jewish community, mostly contained within the boundaries of the 11th, coupled with Southfield's black professionals, provide the only Democratic votes in this solidly Republican district.

Major Industry
Auto manufacturing, engineering, health care, insurance

Population
580,934 (1990)

Cities
Livonia (pt.), 80,601 (1990); Farmington Hills, 79,918 (1996); Southfield (pt.), 67,949 (1990)

People
93% urban; 12% age 65+ (ranks sixth of 16 in state; middle third nationally); 63% married couples, 28% married couples with children; 34% college educated (ranks first of 16 in state; top third nationally); 73% white collar (ranks first of 16 in state, top third nationally), 18% blue collar (ranks 16 of 16 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Race
93% white, 4% black, 2% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$49,021 (ranks first of 16 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Famous native: Pam Dawber, played Mindy to Robin Williams' Mork in the 1970s TV sitcom "Mork and Mindy."

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