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 45% 54% 61% 38% 1997 49 51 69 30 1996 59 38 63 36 1995 38 62 78 21 1994 71 28 45 54 1993 69 31 52 47 1992 41 58 42 57 1991 50 50 39 61 1990 33 66 35 63 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 99 1997 98 1996 98 1995 99 1994 99 1993 99 1992 99 1991 99 1990 99	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 45% n/a 71% 38 % 1997 50 75 60 40 1996 35 45 63 45 1995 30 25 79 60 1994 35 89 67 52 1993 55 83 45 46 1992 75 92 50 32 1991 60 92 20 30 1990 61 83 14 29
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 20 : Rockland and parts of Westchester, Orange and Sullivan counties

The southern tip of the 20th sits just beyond New York City, taking in the far northeastern edge of Yonkers and comfortable riverside communities such as Tarrytown, where Washington Irving wrote the classic tale of the headless horseman, the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow." This Westchester County portion of the 20th holds more Democratic voters than most of this Republican-leaning district.

From Westchester County, the 20th crosses the Hudson River and runs north, along the New Jersey and Pennsylvania borders, into rural upstate New York. Rockland County, full of small bedroom communities, has a relatively large Jewish population, including several established Hasidic communities. In the district's rural counties, Orange and Sullivan, farmers grow onions, lettuce and celery. This portion of the 20th also covers some of the Catskill Mountains' Borscht Belt district, a Jewish resort area that has lost popularity over the past few decades.

Economic development has become a key issue for this district, which has few major employers. Many residents make the long commute across the Tappan Zee Bridge, the widest point on the Hudson, into Westchester or New York City every morning.

Major Industry
Health care, agriculture

Population
580,025 (1990)

Cities
New City (unincorporated), 33,673 (1990); Middletown, 24,192 (1996)

People
61% urban; 11% age 65+ (ranks 25 of 31 in state; bottom third nationally); 65% married couples, 32% married couples with children; 30% college educated (ranks sixth of 31 in state; top third nationally); 67% white collar (ranks ninth of 31 in state; top third nationally), 20% blue collar (ranks 18 of 31 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Race
87% white, 8% black, 3% Asian; 6% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$47,107 (ranks sixth of 31 in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Woodstock music festival held in a field near Bethel in 1969; Brotherhood Winery, America's oldest continuously operated winery, in Washingtonville; First section of the Appalachian Trail created in Bear Mountain State Park.

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