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 22% 78% 84% 14% 1997 32 68 85 12 1996 37 63 85 15 1995 29 71 89 11 1994 21 79 96 4 1993 20 80 90 10 1992 69 30 90 9 1991 66 33 87 11 1990 75 25 93 6 S=Support; O=Oppose
Voting Participation Year % 1998 99 1997 98 1996 100 1995 99 1994 100 1993 100 1992 99 1991 99 1990 99	Interest Groups Year ADA AFL-CIO CCUS ACU 1998 5% n/a 78% 92 % 1997 20 13 80 88 1996 20 27 81 100 1995 5 0 88 80 1994 20 22 67 76 1993 20 0 82 92 1992 15 17 88 92 1991 20 17 100 90 1990 6 0 86 83
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

WISCONSIN 9 : Milwaukee suburbs; part of Waukesha County; Sheboygan

Wisconsin's most suburban and well-to-do district, the 9th attracts middle managers moving out of Milwaukee County and those transferred into the state. Rising property values have provided lifelong dairy farmers with retirement nest eggs as they sell land to housing developers. Where dairy once dominated, a suburban ring has formed along Ozaukee County, West Bend and northern Waukesha County.

A growing manufacturing base, led by the expanding Quad Graphics Inc. printing magnate, attracts blue-collar workers to the area. Further west in Dodge and Jefferson counties, small towns and dairy farms dominate but are being encroached upon by suburban sprawl.

Republicans hold a firm grip on the 9th, where Democratic presidential candidates have failed to muster 40 percent of the vote since before 1980. With the highest median income in the state and a religious fervor, the 9th votes conservatively on pocketbook issues and prefers its lawmakers to concur with the Christian Coalition. The strongest concentrations of Democrats are in 4th District spill-over cities like Waukesha, Muskego and New Berlin in the southeast.

Major Industry
Printing, manufacturing, agriculture

Population
543,602 (1990)

Cities
Sheboygan, 49,987; Brookfield, 37,729; Menomonee Falls, 30,395 (1996)

People
38% urban, 36% rural; 12% age 65+ (ranks eighth of nine in state; middle third nationally); 69% married couples, 33% married couples with children; 21% college educated (ranks third of nine in state; middle third nationally); 54% white collar (ranks fourth of nine in state; middle third nationally), 32% blue collar (ranks third of nine in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Race
98% white, 0% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)

Median Household Income
$37,579 (ranks first of nine in state; top third nationally) (1990)

Unusual Features
Waubeka, the birthplace of Flag Day; Sheboygan considered the bratwurst capital of the world.

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