what group is least represented in the US congress relative to the total population?

this question was on my AP Gov’t test…I couldn’t decide b/w hispanics and blacks. I figured that there are no black senators but there are a lot of representatives in the house like jim clyburn. I think there might be a hispanic senator from texas but idk…i am sure there are some in house. me and my partner for the quiz had a debate over this and he just said african americans and i said hispanics…i am having second thoughts tho >.>

8 thoughts on “what group is least represented in the US congress relative to the total population?

  1. The least representative group in the US Congress is the Native American. I do not think that there is any full blooded Native American in Congress.

  2. LEAST represented?

    Easy, . . . . white conservatives.

    WHY is it people are so obsessed with race, and ethnicity. You’re basically saying the a white Sentaor (like, Hillary Clinton) doesn’t give a crap about African-Americans, or Hispanics.

    I’m a white conservative and even I don’t believe that. I think Clinton does care about African-Americans, and Hispanics. I don’t think you have to BE one, to represent and champion the cause ??

    Dan in Miami

  3. I say Americans in general are least represented. It seems as though the multi-national corporation its lobbyist and their views are much more represented than us the common man!

  4. There are no lobbyists for the common man; the lower middle class fellow busting his rump at work and who belongs to no “group” or subset of the larger community. This is a lot of people but not a special interest.

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