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114th Congress vs National Demographics

congressional vs national demographics SONATHAN 114th congress measured by members (varying according to study), population by percentage gender birth citizénship race 49.2 race 1.6 a. u.s. born ..... 13.7 1.7 c. black .*** 428 6.4 3.2 b. 526 1. 46 13 2 00 96.9 **** b. .....*** a. 530 b. latino ........ 50.8 58.2 political afiliation political affiliation 0.7 j. unafilliated * 0.9 sexual orientation 7.11.9 27.0 1.0 28 ..... baptist a. 3.8 300 96.2 7.0 ... methodist b. 44.0 ga -16 nation 69 ).......* .. lutheran c. ...... 2. ... presbyterian d. 525 congress 300 ........ anglican/episcopal e. i. other christian .... CO b. democrat ........ 90 232 h. Ids (mormon) g. catholic uo1jeu 40.0 46.6 49.0 military service marital status age income class 6.90.4 92.7 6.6:2.2 9.1 9.1 101 9.4 8.0 1.0 b. single ...... 33 13 nation ***.... a. e. 50s .***** 71.0 *****... a. 62 33. ga congress 272 1 ..... lower class a. d. ....... .. . under 20 a. ILT d. 40s ....... 097 54.4 0'ET HULL A b. mixed race a. single race.. nation congress Igbta straight 20.0 nation congress Class nation middle class h. other racesi g. pacific islander S f. native ame rican e, middle eastern/n, african d asian ***** 437 c. independent a. white 17.6 . consservative 26.9 a. liberal g. over 70 **. 20s b. nation 'a . f. 60s congress 175 c. 30s ·. 13.6 14.2 nation congress a. independent ..... 86.3 ***. nation congress 32.0 nation C. divorced *** 104 congress 452 a. married · 27.1 15.3 a. women 45 27 36 19 m. 5t pretestant - nation 164 congress congre 16.0 20.8 ***.... 431

114th Congress vs National Demographics

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114th United States Congress vs National Demographics. With election day tomorrow, I took a look at how well represented we are as a nation in terms of demographics. This Congress has been touted as t... he most diverse yet, but naturally there’s a long way to go. Personally, I don’t think that a congressman has to be your exact demographic in order to represent; however, discussions with people concerning minority issues, I’ve noticed how much it helps to have some minority status in order to have sympathy for those issues. In my own state, I’m part of most majorities—white, male, Mormon and conservative backgrounds, but have some minority identities—gay, single, inactive Mormon, independent to liberal politics, that I’ll find it frustrating that any laws to accommodate more groups are usually met with “things are just fine the way they are” by government and community members who check all the majority boxes. For the mechanics of the infographic, the population is measured in percentages, and Congress by members (varying from 532 to the full voting 535, depending on the date of the study as some vacancies have happened in the past two years). The majority shares in both cases are highlighted by a frame—in many cases, the majorities are the same, though disproportionate, but so often the majorities don’t sync—women are the majority of the nation, but not in Congress, independents and liberals in the nation versus republicans and conservatives in Congress, etc. There are some definite simplifications in the data, as race and religion, for instance, are more complex than a graphic can spell out.

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Jonathan Hull

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Jonathan Hull