Congess + Representation Flashcards
What percentage of congress is female?
28%
What percentage of America is female?
50.4%
What percentage of the senate is POC?
12%
What percentage of the house is POC?
28%
What percentage of America is POC?
40%
Which senator doesn’t have a college degree?
Mark Wayne Mullin from Oklahoma
What % of Americans don’t have college degrees?
47%.
How much money do the house and senate earn?
174,000 a year
What is the average salary of an American?
59,00 dollars
What % of congress is white males?
77%
what percentage of voters identified as independent in 2017?
37%
What 3 things can members of congress do to represent their voters?
Introduce a bill to help constitutents
Vote on bills
Be on committees
Make appeals for their state
How does the constitution help congress to be representative?
Both chambers are elected every 2 years
members must live in the state or district they represent
How do elections boost the House’s representation?
They represent a smaller district and are elected every two years, so pay more attention to their voters needs.
How do elections weaken the house’s representation?
there are 7 states who only have 1 representative among 456, including Vermont and South Dakota.
How many people does. each member represent?
600,00 - too many.
How do committees help senators be more representative?
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.
How has the Virginia plan helped the senate be more representative?
Smaller states get equal power
How do elections weaken the senate’s represantiveness?
Individual senators only get elected once every six years, so they become less representative over time.
Where is the senate’s attention focused ad how is this bad for representation?
Focused on national issues such as a treaties and confirmation of judges so may not be as attentive to voter’s issues.
How can senators be representing themselves?
Their own values and conscience eg religion
Through corruption and self interest eg: George Santos.
Can a congress person represent no one?
Yes! Some congress people are there simply for publicity, with the eventual aim of becoming celebrities eg: Marjorie Taylor Greene
How can congress represent a president?
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.
Who else could congress represent?
Donors, especially those with campaign funds.
What is a minority-majority district?
A district where a majority of voters are from the same ethnic group.
