---
title: "Wash. Post: The new Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male and 92 percent Christian"
date: "2015-01-05"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
    job_title: "Senior Engineer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2015/01/05/wash-post-the-new-congress-is-80-percent-white-80-percent-male-and-92-percent-christian/"
---

# Wash. Post: The new Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male and 92 percent Christian