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 79% 17% 91% 7% 1997 77 19 93 5 1996 84 14 93 4 1995 84 12 92 4 1994 74 23 91 6 1993 79 21 91 4 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 94 1997 97 1996 97 1995 96 1994 95 1993 96	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 100% n/a 33% 8 % 1997 95 100 50 8 1996 85 91 20 5 1995 80 100 21 0 1994 100 78 58 0 1993 95 100 27 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

NEW YORK 14 : East Side Manhattan; Parts of Queens

Republicans engineered politics on Manhattan's East Side when the mansions of aristocrats ruled this "Silk Stocking District." Beginning in the 1960s, the old-money elite were gradually supplanted by "limousine liberals," highly educated young professionals with a devotion to the arts. Although many of the district's local leaders are still Republican, the 14th elected a Democratic representative to Congress in 1992 and supported Clinton by huge margins in both 1992 and '96.

In 1997, when a three-judge panel declared the nearby majority-Hispanic 12th District unconstitutionally gerrymandered, the boundaries of the 14th were redrawn to exclude its portion of Brooklyn. Although the district lost some working-class Democrats, it picked up new working-class neighborhoods in Queens. As a result, the changes caused no substantial shift in the district's political climate.

The 14th, which hosts some of New York City's most famous landmarks, including Central Park and Rockefeller Center, is a generally white, affluent district. Its Democratic base is supported by black populations near Harlem, Hispanic communities on the Lower East Side and a small part of Chinatown. Italian and Greek communities in Queens tend to be more socially conservative than their Manhattan neighbors but generally vote Democratic.

Major Industry
Finance, publishing, communications, advertising, health care

Population
580,338 (1990)

Cities
New York (pt.), 580,338 (1990)

People
100% urban; 16% age 65+ (ranks fourth of 31 in state; top third nationally); 30% married couples, 10% married couples with children; 52% college educated (ranks first of 31 in state; top third nationally); 85% white collar (ranks first of 31 in state; top third nationally), 8% blue collar (ranks 31 of 31 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Race
Non-Hispanic: 78% white, 5% black, 6% Asian; 11% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$42,074 (ranks ninth of 31 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Central Park, Rockefeller Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central Station, the United Nations and the Chrysler Building on Manhattan's East Side.

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