Bladewire

... Yet we hold 65% of all elected offices

White men are 31 percent of the American population. They hold 65 percent of all elected offices.

The folks at Who Leads Us, a project by the Women Donors Network, have posed an interesting question about the state of politics: Do we live in a reflective democracy? The short answer is no, and the long answer is also no. And the two charts below (put together by Philip Bump) prove it.

It's no secret that white men dominate politics, which we've written about before, and current projections suggest that women won't reach political parity/reflective representation for another 100 years.

But just how dominant are they? Here are some takeaways from the survey of 42,000 elected officials:

71 percent of elected officials are men, 90 percent are white, and 65 percent are white men.

White men are 31 percent of the U.S. population but hold 65 percent of all elected offices.

White men have eight times as much political power as women of color.

This summer, amid the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., that followed the shooting death of an unarmed teenager, the issue of political representation came up. In that town, 67 percent of the population is African American and five of the six council members -- and the mayor -- are white.

So do we all live in a Ferguson? Not quite, but some of the forces at work there, including off-cycle and non-partisan elections, do show up nationally and can have an impact on what elected officials look like, relative to the communities they serve.

King Mark

That's why the focus is on the wall, the blacks and those muzzies. It's predicted that by 2045 white people as a whole (not just the men) will become a minority in America.

Lulz.

King Mark

Also, notice how as white men population declined, America became significantly safer.

Bladewire

The white population just started decreasing as we age.

The average white American is 43.5 years old.

The average Hispanic American 29.3 years old.

The average African American 33.3 years old.

America’s white population shrinks for the first time as nation ages

crockett

The reality of the problem comes down to education as far as racial diversity among men in politics.

The simple fact is politics is typically a white collar job. That usually means college education but of course it's not required but usually to get to that point it's a given.

Now white males are going to have a higher percent of college educated vs most other races. This means there is a higher proportion of white males with the toolset to get into politics.

The key is IMO is access to education. Hence the reason Republicans try to make that hard to obtain for minority groups.

As for women, my guess is up until Trump politics wasnt really a job many women would be interested in doing meaning their are far fewer candidates.

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pimpmaster9000

drax had this plan to raise cracker population, people should talk to women about mother,father,family and core...this would supposedly make cracker girls want babies...

yeah it was a shit plan

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huey

White men get shit done.

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Matt 26z

It should be 100%.

Can any shitlib on this forum name even one tiny corner of the planet that is governed by non-white/non-asian that is successful?

No.

You can't.

Because that place does not exist.

PR_Glen

middle eastern countries are asian

oops?

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huey

It's ok to be white.

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pimpmaster9000

give me any corner of the planet that is not in debt slavery to the white and asian first...

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