Congess + Representation

Question 1

What percentage of congress is female?

Answer 1

28%

Question 2

What percentage of America is female?

Answer 2

50.4%

Question 3

What percentage of the senate is POC?

Answer 3

12%

Question 4

What percentage of the house is POC?

Answer 4

28%

Question 5

What percentage of America is POC?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

Which senator doesn’t have a college degree?

Answer 6

Mark Wayne Mullin from Oklahoma

Question 7

What % of Americans don’t have college degrees?

Answer 7

47%.

Question 8

How much money do the house and senate earn?

Answer 8

174,000 a year

Question 9

What is the average salary of an American?

Answer 9

59,00 dollars

Question 10

What % of congress is white males?

Answer 10

77%

Question 11

what percentage of voters identified as independent in 2017?

Answer 11

37%

Question 12

What 3 things can members of congress do to represent their voters?

Answer 12

Introduce a bill to help constitutents
Vote on bills
Be on committees
Make appeals for their state

Question 13

How does the constitution help congress to be representative?

Answer 13

Both chambers are elected every 2 years
members must live in the state or district they represent

Question 14

How do elections boost the House’s representation?

Answer 14

They represent a smaller district and are elected every two years, so pay more attention to their voters needs.

Question 15

How do elections weaken the house’s representation?

Answer 15

there are 7 states who only have 1 representative among 456, including Vermont and South Dakota.

Question 16

How many people does. each member represent?

Answer 16

600,00 - too many.

Question 17

How do committees help senators be more representative?

Answer 17

Because there is less of them, they are more likely to be on a committee, meaning they can use that to convey the wants of their state.

Question 18

How has the Virginia plan helped the senate be more representative?

Answer 18

Smaller states get equal power

Question 19

How do elections weaken the senate’s represantiveness?

Answer 19

Individual senators only get elected once every six years, so they become less representative over time.

Question 20

Where is the senate’s attention focused ad how is this bad for representation?

Answer 20

Focused on national issues such as a treaties and confirmation of judges so may not be as attentive to voter’s issues.

Question 21

How can senators be representing themselves?

Answer 21

Their own values and conscience eg religion
Through corruption and self interest eg: George Santos.

Question 22

Can a congress person represent no one?

Answer 22

Yes! Some congress people are there simply for publicity, with the eventual aim of becoming celebrities eg: Marjorie Taylor Greene

Question 23

How can congress represent a president?

Answer 23

State of the Union
Office of Legislative Affairs who work with members on behalf of the president
President can personally intervene and contact members themself.

Question 24

Who else could congress represent?

Answer 24

Donors, especially those with campaign funds.

Question 25

What is a minority-majority district?

Answer 25

A district where a majority of voters are from the same ethnic group.