The following article takes America to task for Congress not representing the diversity of the population based on different parameters. It seems that the author left out some interesting facts:
- One third of our government (the executive branch) is represented by a minority (Obama’s definition).
- The percentage of Hispanic population growth did not state whether this included illegal aliens or that the percentage is decreasing as the unemployment rate rises.
- The 15% of unaffiliated voters could not vote for a third party in most elections so the gray portion of the graph is meaningless. Since mo
I will give credit to his point that our politicians in the Congress are an elite class based on their monetary net worth.
David DeGerolamo
Infographic: What Congress Would Look Like If It Really Represented America
America is getting more and more diverse—for instance, our Hispanic population grew by 43 percent in the past decade alone—but you’d never be able to tell it by looking at our Congress. Here’s what the House and Senate look like today, and what they would look like if they were demographically representative of our nation.
One thing not noted on this infographic is that, besides being nothing like America in terms of race, sex, or religion, our senators and representatives are also wholly different from most Americans in terms of wealth. We’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: The average American’s net worth is $96,000. But the average Senator’s net worth? $13.4 million. For House members that sum drops to “just” $5 million.
Does this represent your community?
