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Link to the original Pew Research report.
Unsurprisingly, Christians and Jews are overrepresented in Congress. Everyone else is underrepresented, especially "Unaffiliated" persons... only one member of congress reported as unaffiliated (equalling 0.2% of the legislature) compared with 20% of the general US population. Although if you credit them with the 9 members of Congress who replied "Don't Know/refuse to answer" that gets you up to almost 2%.
Good thing we gerrymander in all them country districts packed with mega-church freaks... I know those are the sort of people I would look to for guidance on how to run a country.
The Onion's take on it.
Unsurprisingly, Christians and Jews are overrepresented in Congress. Everyone else is underrepresented, especially "Unaffiliated" persons... only one member of congress reported as unaffiliated (equalling 0.2% of the legislature) compared with 20% of the general US population. Although if you credit them with the 9 members of Congress who replied "Don't Know/refuse to answer" that gets you up to almost 2%.
Good thing we gerrymander in all them country districts packed with mega-church freaks... I know those are the sort of people I would look to for guidance on how to run a country.
The Onion's take on it.
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