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% 93% 3% 1997 71 21 91 8 1996 80 15 91 4 1995 86 13 96 3 1994 78 19 89 3 1993 77 15 86 2 1992 16 75 85 5 1991 27 71 93 4 1990 18 75 83 2 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 93 1997 95 1996 94 1995 99 1994 93 1993 86 1992 90 1991 96 1990 86	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 95% n/a 24% 4 % 1997 100 100 30 8 1996 95 100 25 0 1995 100 100 8 8 1994 100 100 18 0 1993 90 100 0 5 1992 95 91 25 4 1991 90 100 30 15 1990 100 100 21 9
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 17 : North Bronx; parts of southern Westchester

A middle- to working-class district where New York City runs into nearby suburbs, the 17th covers the North Bronx, with tentacles reaching into the South Bronx and Westchester County. It takes in the mammoth apartment complex known as Co-Op City that, with more than 50,000 residents, is a formidable voting bloc in itself.

Long a Democratic-voting district, the 17th consistently elects Democrats to all levels of government. In 1992 and '96, it supported Clinton with an overwhelming 76 percent and 85 percent of the vote.

The boundaries of the 17th were drawn to take in large tracts of minority residential neighborhoods, and the district is one of the state's most ethnically and racially diverse. On its east side, it covers a large portion of Mount Vernon that is three-fourths black. Farther north, it takes in part of New Rochelle, including its downtown, which is two-thirds black. This leaves the 17th with a population that is divided roughly evenly among blacks, whites and Hispanics.

Riverdale, a heavily Jewish neighborhood, sits at the western edge of the Bronx and is the 17th's most affluent and suburban community. But the district also includes some housing projects in the South Bronx and the poor, minority neighborhoods of Yonkers, which have been the site of a drawn-out court battle over housing and education discrimination. Yonkers is now under court supervision, remedying both problems.

Major Industry
Health care, higher education, city government

Population
578,424 (1990)

Cities
New York (pt.), 454,628; Yonkers (pt.), 68,968; Mount Vernon (pt.), 45,181 (1990)

People
100% urban; 14% age 65+ (ranks 13 of 31 in state; top third nationally); 38% married couples, 18% married couples with children; 17% college educated (ranks 23 of 31 in state; middle third nationally); 60% white collar (ranks 18 of 31 in state; middle third nationally), 20% blue collar (ranks 18 of 31 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Race
Non-Hispanic: 29% white, 38% black, 3% Asian; 28% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$27,227 (ranks 22 of 31 in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Duke Ellington, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, F.W. Woolworth, Nellie Bly and William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson are all buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

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