The document discusses a study analyzing the voting records of members of the United States House of Representatives. It finds that representatives generally vote along party lines, with Democrats voting together on average over 90% of the time and Republicans voting together around 85% of the time. It also finds that representatives from more rural districts tend to vote more conservatively than those from urban districts, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat.

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