119th Congress brings new growth in racial, ethnic diversity to Capitol Hill
Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.
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This report was written by Luis Noe-Bustamante, research associate. Editorial guidance for the report and was provided by Mark Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research; Sahana Mukherjee, associate director, race and ethnicity research; Carroll Doherty, director, politics research; and Jocelyn Kiley, associate director, politics research. Methodological guidance was provided by Andrew Mercer, senior research methodologist, […]
The “Other Protestant” category includes other minority Protestants as well as Protestants who declined to provide their race and a few White Protestants who were not asked the evangelical/born-again question. The “Other Catholics” category includes other minority Catholics and Catholics who declined to provide their race. “Other Christians” includes Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and Orthodox Christians. […]
Public trust in government remains low, as it has for much of the 21st century. Roughly two-in-ten Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (21%).