INFOGRAPHIC: Who represents you?

Submitted by Aisha O'Brien on Wed, 2011-03-30 09:47

Here at Progressive Majority, we work hard to get gender and racial parity at the state and local levels of government. We actively recruit women, people of color, GLBT and young candidates to run so that our represenation can look more like us.

We've created an infographic to show just how far we have to go:

State Legislature and Congress Demographic Representation

Here are the demographic breakdowns and sources:

Demographics	Women	African-American	Latino	Native American	Asian / Pacific Islander	Under 40
Congress	16%	8%	8%	5%	0.2%	2%
State Legislature	24%	8%	3%	1%	1%	7%
National	51%	12.4%	15%	1%	4.5%	Median: 36.8