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 16% 77% 89% 4% 1997 17 77 93 3 1996 32 67 95 4 1995 16 82 92 3 1994 36 59 92 4 1993 30 69 90 6 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 93 1997 95 1996 97 1995 95 1994 95 1993 96	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 0% n/a 94% 95 % 1997 5 0 89 100 1996 10 9 94 100 1995 0 0 96 96 1994 5 11 83 95 1993 10 0 100 100
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

OKLAHOMA 5 : North Central - Part of Oklahoma City

North of Oklahoma City and running to the Kansas border, the rolling Midwestern plains become more evident in the 5th - an area comfortably clasped by Bible Belt conservatism. Starting in the state capital, the district wraps around Stillwater and Tulsa to Washington County, where lush forests and vegetation cover the land.

The boom of the early 1980s brought large population increases to parts of the district, but after the economy landed with a thud by decade's end, corporations scaled back and the population declined in some sections. By the early 1990s, the 5th's economy diversified out of necessity. While oil and gas still compose a large chunk of the economy, along with some agriculture, energy corporations have had to expand their businesses to plastics and other industries. Telecommunications companies such as Lucent Technologies are also taking hold in the district.

Although a plurality of voters register as Democrats, Republicans control the federal elections in the 5th, the most Republican district in the state. While other Oklahoma districts are increasingly voting for Republicans in presidential elections, voters in the 5th have consistently favored Republicans for decades.

Major Industry
Oil, computer hardware, state government

Population
523,729 (1990)

Cities
Oklahoma City, (pt.) 239,395 (1990); Edmond, 63,475; Bartlesville, 33,733 (1996)

People
69% urban; 13% age 65+ (ranks fourth of six in state; middle third nationally); 57% married couples, 26% married couples with children; 26% college educated (ranks first of six in state; top third nationally); 64% white collar (ranks first of six in state; top third nationally), 21% blue collar (ranks sixth of six in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)

Race
87% white, 6% black, 2% Asian, 5% American Indian; 3% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$28,348 (ranks first of six in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Guthrie was the original state capital, and Oklahoma City became the capital in 1910; Osage Indians discovered oil on their reservation in the late 19th century, and by the turn of the century, they were the richest people per capita in the United States.

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