WA Congressional Race 1996

This research analyzes the election of the Representative to the United States House for the Second District of State of Washington in November 1996. The results of this research are presented in the following discussions: (1) demographics of the 2nd Congressional District of Washington; (2) the political and philosophical character of the 2nd Congressional District; (3) the outcomes of prior congressional elections in Washington's 2nd district; (4) backgrounds of the major candidates in the 1996 election in the 2nd District; (5) results of the 1996 election in the 2nd Congressional District; and (6) the probable role of the winner in the 1996 election in Washington's 2nd District in the 105th Congress.

Washington's 2nd Congressional District is comprised of five counties located in the north-central region of the state. The counties are Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom. The populations of these counties are as follows:

Island County residents are a mix of military (Naval Air Station personnel and their families account for approximately 20 percent of the county's population), commuters (to jobs at Boeing's Everett complex and to jobs in Seattle), back-to-nature adherents, and retirees. San Juan County residents include back-to-nature peopl

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