congress is NOT representative

• Not representative of the US

  • White Americans account for 75% of voting members, more than their 59% share of the US population
  • Growth in the Senate has been slower than the House - did not have more than 3 women serving at any point until 1991
  • 2% LGB in Congress, 6.5% of the US adult population
• Not representative of the US

  • Nearly all have a college degree whilst only 4/10 Americans have one
  • No one under 30 can be elected to the Senate
  • ⅔ of the Senate are boomers
• Incumbency

  • 90% of incumbents are reelected
  • 2022 - 28 incumbents were reelected
  • 2022 - only 10 incumbents defeated in the House of Reps
• Lack of party representation

  All but two members of the 115th Congress were either Democrats or Republicans

  3 independents in the 117th Senate