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 61% 38% 72% 25% 1997 63 33 68 30 1996 62 37 66 34 1995 66 33 67 33 1994 73 23 83 15 1993 83 16 87 11 1992 24 69 86 10 1991 37 62 89 11 1990 25 73 93 6 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 97 1997 98 1996 99 1995 99 1994 98 1993 99 1992 96 1991 98 1990 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 90% n/a 72% 36 % 1997 60 75 70 36 1996 45 64 56 50 1995 75 75 63 40 1994 55 25 83 24 1993 60 83 27 21 1992 70 67 50 25 1991 60 92 40 15 1990 67 92 21 13
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

TENNESSEE 6 : North central - Murfreesboro

The hilly countryside of the 6th includes some Nashville suburbs and two university communities, Murfreesboro (Middle Tennessee State U.) and Cookeville (Tennessee Tech U.). The district has been loyal to the Democratic Party since the days of Andrew Jackson, who built his political career in the area. The only exception is in the wealthy Nashville suburbs of Williamson County, which increasingly back the GOP.

The neighboring 5th houses most of Nashville's country music attractions, but the 6th enjoys a slightly higher median income. Some residents have government jobs in Nashville, but the 6th relies more on automobile parts spin-offs created by a nearby Saturn facility (in the 7th District) and a Nissan plant. Tobacco farming and book distribution are big businesses as well, and textile factories provide jobs to residents of the poorer counties along the Kentucky border.

The 6th is overwhelmingly Protestant, providing for a socially conservative constituency that favors prayer in schools. Al Gore represented this area, which has faithfully sent Democrats to Congress. Still, the 6th narrowly favored Bob Dole in 1996, as the growing suburban population agreed with the GOP's attacks on Clinton's character.

Major Industry
Auto and textile manufacturing, book and video distribution

Population
542,002 (1990)

Cities
Murfreesboro, 53,966; Hendersonville, 37,261; Franklin, 25,648 (1996)

People
54% rural, 33% suburban; 11% age 65+ (ranks eighth of nine in state; bottom third nationally); 66% married couples, 33% married couples with children; 17% college educated (ranks fourth of nine in state; middle third nationally); 53% white collar (ranks fifth of nine in state; bottom third nationally), 34% blue collar (ranks fourth of nine in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Race
93% white, 6% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$29,234 (ranks second of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Carthage, home of Vice President Al Gore; Cordell Hull practiced law in Celina before becoming President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's secretary of state from 1933 until the end of World War II.

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