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 84% 15% 84% 15% 1997 77 21 78 18 1996 85 11 80 15 1995 80 18 82 14 1994 90 9 92 6 1993 91 5 88 7 1992 36 61 85 11 1991 36 59 85 9 1990 28 70 91 8 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 98 1997 97 1996 95 1995 96 1994 97 1993 95 1992 96 1991 94 1990 98	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 95% n/a 39% 0 % 1997 70 88 60 17 1996 65 82 19 0 1995 80 100 33 0 1994 65 78 58 14 1993 75 92 30 13 1992 80 73 25 8 1991 70 82 38 5 1990 83 92 21 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

WASHINGTON 6 : West - Bremerton

The green, lush habitation of the 6th is part of what gives Washington its nickname, the "Evergreen State." Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest constitute more than half the district's land. Along the coast, the mountains drop to the Pacific Ocean.

Logging and fishing remain major industries in the west, but fights over environmental protections for the spotted owl and other endangered species have forced some companies to cut back their work forces. Communities are trying to diversify their economies and have been successful, for the most part, in attracting high-tech companies. Bremerton, with the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Naval Station Bremerton, depends heavily on the military.

The 6th includes northern Tacoma, where the industrial city's blue-collar, heavily unionized electorate generally tilts Pierce County to the Democrats. The district gave the Clinton 50 percent of its vote in 1996, with roughly equal percentages in the 6th's portions of Pierce and Kitsap counties.

Major Industry
Lumber, fishing, shipping, health care

Military Bases
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 51 military, 8,194 civilian (1999); Naval Station Bremerton, 175 military (5,771 military on home-ported ships), 25 civilian

Population
540,836 (1990)

Cities
Tacoma (pt.), 146,399 (1990); Bremerton, 41,580, (1996); Lakewood (unincorporated) (pt.), 39,940 (1990)

People
60% urban; 14% age 65+ (ranks second of nine in state; top third nationally); 55% married couples, 24% married couples with children; 18% college educated (ranks fifth of nine in state; middle third nationally); 55% white collar (ranks sixth of nine in state; middle third nationally), 27% blue collar (ranks fourth of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Race
87% white, 5% black, 4% Asian; 3% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$27,882 (ranks seventh of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
The U.S.S. Missouri, the battleship on which the Japanese signed their surrender ending World War II, was kept in Bremerton from the end of the war until 1998, when it was moved to Hawaii.

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