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I don't think the congress is very representative to the nation as a whole. There is little to no diversity in the Congress. I definitely think Congress should be similar demographic make up as the people of the US. I think this because more people would be represented more personally, and understand their struggles.

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Congress is not representative when compared to the nation as a whole. 76% of Congress is composed of males even though females make up a big part of the nation's population. Congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US so that each group of people can be represented. By this happening, there will be more diversity in Congress. For example, there are no transgender members of congress when if Congress was a true reflection of the US population, there should have been 3.

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congress is not as diverse as some would hope.

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congress is not as diverse as some would hope.

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and having a more diverse congress brings more points of veiws and better judgement.

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The congress is not very representative when it comes to diversity.

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The congress is not very representative when it comes to diversity.

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The congress could really use more diversity. They do not have enough genders other than male, they need to include people who are not christian, or white. They also need more LGB people. It would be nice if it were more balanced.

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The congress is not very representative of the whole country.

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The congress is not very representative of the whole country.

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LGB representation in the Congress, while improving with every election, is still under-half a true reflection of the US.

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Congress is somewhat representative to the nation as a whole. The congress is made up of majority white males, while there are a lot of white males in this country it would be better if there were more representatives of all races and genders. That is why it is somewhat representative. Congrass I guess should be a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US but that shouldent matter as much because who is in congrass should be who is most qualified not an equal amount of people from every race or gender, unless all of those people are qualified. While it would be better if there was a similar demographic, it shouldent be about that it should be about who is the best for the job, and if a white man or a black women or a latino is the best for the job, thats what it should be about.

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Congress isn't very representative compared to our nation as a whole, for our nation is filled with diverse opinions but our congress is not very diverse and filled with very similar opinions and mostly male voices. I believe congress should be a similar demographic as the nation as a whole so that everyones pov can be considered and heard.

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Congress isn't very representative compared to our nation as a whole, for our nation is filled with diverse opinions but our congress is not very diverse and filled with very similar opinions and mostly male voices. I believe congress should be a similar demographic as the nation as a whole so that everyones pov can be considered and heard.

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The Congress is not that representative for diversity. I think the only thing we need to worry about is how well it is done.

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The Congress is less representative compared to the nation as a whole in my opinion. It does not really matter what nationalities the Congress is composed of, what matters more is how well it is.

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The Congress is less representative compared to the nation as a whole in my opinion. It does not really matter what nationalities the Congress is composed of, what matters more is how well it is.

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Congress is not repressive due to the lack of diversity and I think its not very good because with more diversity you get more point of views

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The Congress is not representative because it is not that diverse.

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Congress is not representative because there are more men in congress than there are women even though women make up half of the U.S population. Yes, because it isn´t fair that U.S men make up more of congress than people of different genders, races, and religions.

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Congress is not representative compared to the nation as a whole.

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Congress is no representative of the US population. It is more biased to favor male representation. With male making about 76.4% of its make up while there are only 49% of male in the population. Conversely, we see a smaller representation from women making only about 23% of its make up; though there are more women in the population.

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Congress is no representative of the US population. It is more biased to favor male representation. With male making about 76.4% of its make up while there are only 49% of male in the population. Conversely, we see a smaller representation from women making only about 23% of its make up; though there are more women in the population.

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I believe Congress should be representative of the population so as to ensure every group and layer of our society is heard and validated..

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The congress isn't very representative compared to the nation as whole. According to the article if it were accurate there would be three transgender members, but in reality there are none.I believe the congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US in order to more accurately represent everyone's opinions.

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Congress is not representative to the nation as a whole. Congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US.

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The congress doesn't represent the nation at all.

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Congress is representative to the nation. Congress need much less men and more women. 

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Congress is representative to the nation. Congress need much less men and more women. 

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The Congress is less representative compared to the nation as a whole in my opinion. It does not really matter what nationalities the Congress is composed of, what matters more is how well it is.

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The Congress is less representative compared to the nation as a whole in my opinion. It does not really matter what nationalities the Congress is composed of, what matters more is how well it is.

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(The other identical post is mine, I just didnt sign in.)

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I think that there should be more Black people in Congress

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Congress is not representative compared to the nation as a whole.

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I don't think the congress is representative to america. there is no diveristy. most of the congress is male. So I think there should be more females since they take up a lot of the nations population. I believe that it should because US is a country that is way more diverse than the congress, so I think that it should be more balanced

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I don't think the congress is very representative because there is little diversity and some their opinions on equality are not the same as ours

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Congress is not very represented compared to the nation as a whole. This is because there are more men in congress then woman and woman make up half of the nations population.  I think congress should be more representative of the population to make sure everyone's opinion is heard.

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I don't think congress represents the nation as a whole. For example, there are no Trans or non-binary people in congress. I think congress should represent the nation in order to better pass laws that is needed for the nation.

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The Congress compared to the nation as a whole doesn't represent that nations entirety. The congress is mostly built up of male representatives. I think that Congress should be a similar demographic to the people of the US because it would be more representative on each side like on females side and males.

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I don't think the congress is very representative because there is not much diversity. I think congress should be a similar demographic make up as the people of the US because there is lots of diversity in the US.

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I don't think congress represents our nation as a whole because it doesn't have people of every race, religion, or gender. Yes, congress should be a similar demographic make up as the people of the US so that each and every person can relate to someone and can have their unique voices heard.

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Congress is most definitely not representative and their opinions are obviously contrast to our opinions regarding equality.

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I don't thing that the congress is very representative compared to our nation, as our nation is full with different and diverse opinions. As our congress is filled with similar opinions and is mostly male. I believe that the congress should be a similar demographic as the people of the US, so everyone's opinions can be heard.

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I do not think that congress represents us as a whole very well because some states are not very diverse compared to other states.

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I don't think Congress is very representative, because having a more diverse congress would mean a lot more important perspectives and opinions on our nation, and what we can do to improve it.

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the congress represents the people and that they want to do they are also the voices of the people about Manny issues in the world. I also thin that it could be more diverse but it did have some diversity in RBG before she died.

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the congress represents the people and that they want to do they are also the voices of the people about Manny issues in the world. I also thin that it could be more diverse but it did have some diversity in RBG before she died.

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I don't think so because congress isn't very diverse

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Adam Ispiryan                The Congress is not that representative for diversity. I think is one is important is worry about how well it finished.

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Adam Ispiryan                The Congress is not that representative for diversity. I think is one is important is worry about how well it finished.

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congress is not representative at all compared to the nation. there is a huge difference between the number of cis females in congress compared to cis males, males have 50% more in congress than females. there is also 0% trans or non-binary people in congress and only 1.9% people that are lgb. there needs to be more diversity in congress weather its race, gender, sexuality, or religion.

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I don’t think congress is representative of the nation as a whole because congress has very little diversity. The whole nation is made up of many different genders, races, and religions but congress is made up of mostly all the same genders, races, and religions. Yes, I do think congress should be a similar make up as the people in the us because different people have different opinions about different things.

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The congress isnt very diverse at all, if you look at the statistics for example it is generally white, straight men that are around 50-64. Its not very representetive either, they only represent the people they want, eg: if you compare the orientation its (pretty much) only straight people.

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i dont think it is represantive because it isnt that diverse, and it should be a similar make up because not everyone is gonna have the same opinion and pov

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i don't think that the congress is very diverse or representative to the united states as a whole because not all groups of people are included in it.

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i don't think that the congress is very diverse or representative to the united states as a whole because not all groups of people are included in it.

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The Congress is not very representative of the nation as a whole. For example, over half of the US population is women, but only 23.6% of Congress is women. I think the Congress should have a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US. The Congress is supposed to represent us, so the Congress should be representative. We should be diverse, so the ideas of all the population is hear.

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I don't think congress is very diverse because not still some races and ethnicity's are more populated. The Us is very diverse when it comes to the way people live but congress should work on diversity in their system.

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I don't think congress is very diverse because there isn't a lot of females, nor people of color in congress, it's more of older white males. I don't think they can try to address the issues women and people of color face if they don't experience it.

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I dont think that congress is very diverse because there are lots of races and religions that have 0 voice in congress.

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I don't think the congress is representative of the nation as a whole. There is a very small amount of diversity. There is a very small amount of women on the congress. Most of the members are white Christian's. I believe that we should have more diversity and have a more representative congress so that everybody's opinions are heard.

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I do not think that congress accurately  represents the nation as a whole. This is because information such as  50.8 percent of the nation is female, and only 23.6 percent of congress is female. The percentages of the nation don't match congress. Congress should be similar to demographic so that each side could bee represented equally.

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i think congress is not really as diverse as the congress and to be honest i think it's fine as it is- I'm not saying i don't want congress to be diverse but they seem to have things handled   so we can just let them do their jobs, I don't thick congress should have a similar demographic make up as the people of America  because not every person deserves to be in office just because congress  might not be as diverse as you want it but you wouldn't want a person of color who doesn't have a clue what they are doing and matter fact since America was formed there's been quite a handful of people of color in office so i think we should just let's thing be for now and then when things start getting out of control then we can say " oh we need to make a few changes"

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Congress votes compared to the nation. In every category in the article the congress percentage is the first or second highest in every category except under 35. I do think Congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the people of the US because Congressmen are not elected by the US people they are elected by the house of representatives.

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I don't think that the congress is very representative when being compared to our nation because there is a lack of diversity and different opinions. But the nation is diverse and does have many different opinions. i think that the congress should be a similar demographic to the nation because then more people will be able to have their voice heard.

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Congress is not very representative to America as a whole. This is because there isn't much diversity but America is very diverse. I think that they should try to have congress be more diverse so people feel represented.

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I don't think the congress is representative of the nation because there is not much diversity. I do think that congress should be similar to the people that make-up the US because it is important to hear everyone's opinions and not just one group of people.

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I do not think congress is representative to the United States. The lack of diversity is shocking, from age to race to gender to sexuality. The majority of congress are white straight males. There are lots of women in America that are not being represented as well as LGBTQ and people of color. The congress does not have that balance so the point of view is one sided. There needs to be more balance and more points of view with everyone else in America.

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I don't think congress does a good job of representing America. First of all, there is so diversity. Also,  Congress should be made up of a smaller demographic area so that everybody can be represented equally.

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I don't think that congress is representative to America. A majority of the members of congress are straight cis white males, and while there are cis straight white males in America, there are also people of different sexuality, genders, and races that should also be represented in congress.

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I think congress doesnt represent us because it isnt diverse enough.

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In my opinion I think that the Congress is not representative becuase there isn't an equally amount of gender and race. Basicly there needs to be a lot of more balance with everything.

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I dont think congress is representative because it is not diverse. should be mainly women or men, It should be based off your morals, Ideals if that means there is 75% male so be it, If it is 80% woman so be it. The same thing goes for race. But this can all become pointless if there is no Diversity at all.

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I don't think that Congress is representative to America because the Congress has more males than females, this means that women don't have the opportunity to share their opinion. I think that the Congress should have a similar demographic make-up as the people of the Us because in the US there is a lot of diversity.

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I don't think congress is good because it lacks in diversity. There are barely any woman and that is unfair.

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Yes I think that Congress should be a similar make up as people in the US because people with different points of view can give a lot of alternatives.

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Congress does not represent the whole country they only represent some of it like how there are only 50 African Americans in congress and only 126 females in the entire congress which is more than 500 people. These are only a couple of examples of how congress does not represent all of our nation. I think if we want congress to represent the whole of the nation there should be a equal amount of people that are from different heritages races and religions.

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i don't think there is a lot of diversity represented in congress. the majority of the people in congress share the same religion, race, or gender. a lot of these things like race, gender and religion are seen to be unbalanced or unequal when looking at the data.

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I don't think that the congress is very representative to America, since there is basically no diversity.

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I think the congress doesn't really represent America as who we are.

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The congress is not representative because there is not much diversity in different categories. Like most of the congress is male and they should balance more on equality to make everything fair.

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I don't think that the congress represents the nation as a whole. There isn't much diversity. I think the congress should be similar demographic make up as the people of the US. A lot more people would be represented and could understand their struggles and help.

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The congress is really support by a lot of votes. In every chart there are a lot of vote for the congress.

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I dont think that the congress represents all of america because its a very undiverse group of people.

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I don't think congress represents the whole nation. The congress is made up of a bunch of men and some women, therefore there isn't much diversity.

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I don think congress is representative of the nation because congress has not a lot of diversity. there is many nationality, genders, races etc in the nation but mostly white males in congress. I think congress should be more similar to the people of the nation because different races, cultures, religions, and gender think and believe different things. Also the United states f america is advertised as a country of the people, and if not all the people are represented then that is false advertising.

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The congress is not at all representative of the nation as a whole. Due to systemic oppression, it is immensely hard for minorities to get themselves in a situation where they could be a representative in congress, especially for the country is racist and often times wouldn't elect a black person. It is very important to have a congress that's genetic makeup is the same as America, for a white person cannot represent the same issues that a minority could, and doesn't understand their struggle, therefore a lot of times can't advocate.

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The congress is not very representative of the entire nation. Congress is no where near as diverse as our nation, and it doesn't accurately represent the different people living in our country. Very few people of color are actually well represented in the congress, which is something that we should all work to change as a whole.

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Congress is not as diverse as it should be because most of the people in congress are white christian males. Femalesare an extreme minority in congress.

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Although the congress has improved, they are not at all a good representation of the nation. We have no transgender representatives in congress, so their is no representation for the vast trans community, and they are hardly and LGBTQIA+ members at all, with only ten total. In fact, to sum it up, 172 representatives are Straight Cis Males that are aged 50-64, which is the largest that includes that many categories. We should have a similar demographic to the people of the U.S. because often certain groups can't relate to others and properly represent them, or understand their needs. Also certain issues that need to be addressed are often not addressed if their aren't representatives who care about the issues.

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The congress does not have an accurate representation of the country. This is because there are much less numbers in the congress with people that are different ethnicity other than white. Congress should be similar to the nation as a whole so it can represent different genders and people.

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I don't think that congress is very representative of the nation, because the nation as a whole is pretty diverse, and congress is not. I think the percentages of people in congress should match or be very close to the nation's population percentages. Congress would be a better system if everyone was represented and felt like they had a person who represents them and their race/ethnicity/gender.

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Personally I don't think that the congress represents the whole nation because it's not that diverse in terms of sexual orientation, and religion. When you click to see how many people in congress are of Christian faith, you see 435 people, making up a little over 80 percent of congress. Congress should have a somewhat similar makeup to the people in the united states, but it should try to represent more of the minorities.

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Congress is not representative of the nation as a whole, because congress is made up of the people with the power and money to run for congress. Congress should be a similar demographic to the US as a whole, because people would be represented more, and feel like their opinion was stated to congress.

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I don't think that congress represents the population of the US for example half the people in the US are female and there are only 126 out of 535 of people in congress are female. In my opinion congress should technically be a similar demographic as the US, but also not because every citizen of the US has the right to vote and they are able to elect people who will represent them and the US people can elect people who look like them and have the same beliefs if they want, but currently people don't do that.

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Congress is not a full representation of the United States as a whole. Even though the U.S. is comprised of only 49.2% males, in congress they make up 76.4%, leaving only 23.6% of all of congress to be female. I also feel that there should be younger congress-men and women because they are the most able to represent the 20% of the population under 35.

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The congress is not representative of our whole nation. There is very little diversity among the congress even though our nation is very diverse with people of different genders, races, religions, etc. The congress should have similar or as much diversity as our nation in order to represent us.

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I don't think congress represents America well. I think if it were to represent America correctly it would be much more diverse both ethinically and religiously, and there would be more women and members of the lgbtq+ community.

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The congress does not represent the United States well for many reasons. There is a big lack of diversity in the congress. Just under 50 percent of the population is male while but 76% of the congress is male which means that the female population of the United Stated is being greatly underrepresented. That is just one of many examples of inequality in the congress. The congress should represent the U.S accurately because that is the whole reason that the congress exists, and the thing it should thrive at doing.

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Congress does not represent our country as a whole.  In congress, there is very little diversity, but when you look at America, it is very diverse.  For example, in the US 16.3 percent of people are Hispanic, but only 6.2 percent of Congress is Hispanic. Congress should be a similar demographic make-p as the people of the US because we want our government to represent the country, not just the white, male, part of the country.

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Congress is not very representative of the nation because it is mostly male and minorities are barely represented.

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Congress does not do a good job of representing the nation, just the people who are cis straight caucasian men.  The rest of the population who strays from that description are underrepresented, some more than others.  For example, 50.8% of the US is female, and yet the actual percentage of females in congress is less than half of that, at 23.6%.  Congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the US so the issues of all citizens concerning race and identity can be brought up.

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Congress dose not represent the nation due to there being mainly white people and most are males, and there are less than 15 people that are LGBTQ.

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The Congress is not representative of the US population. To have a representative Congress would mean to match the identities of people in the nation to the members of Congress, which they have not. There is a larger percentage of white people in Congress than there actually is in the population. It definitely should be more representative because it is important for people and minorities to feel like they have a voice.

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The Congress is not very representative of the nation as a whole. This is because it is almost exclusively white people, who make up 4/5 of the entire congress, however they do not make up even close to 4/5 of the nation. Additionally, over 3/5 of Congress is white males, yet they do not make up anywhere near that mark in the population. Congress should make up the people of the U.S and reflect the U.S population so that issues from all communities can be heard and amplified.

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Congress is not very representative of the nation. There are 335 white males. and only a total of 126 females. Also there are very few minority's. Congress should represent the nation in order to make fair decisions, and have a wider perspective.

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Congress is not very representative of the nation as a whole in most areas. For example, only 49.6% of people are cis and male in the United States, but in congress, 76.4% of them are. The congress should definitely have similar demographic makeup as the US so it accurately represents the country.

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The congress is not very representative of our nation. 335 of 535 people in congress are white males. Only 126 females are in congress. 412 people in congress are white. That means only 123 people are of a different ethnicity. Congress should be a similar demographic make-up as the people because then everyone's perspective is heard.

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Congress isn't representative compared to the nation as a whole, due to it's lack of diversity. In the congress, 335 out of the 535 total amount of people in the congress are white males, proving there lack of diversity. I think Congress should be a similar demographic make up as the people in the US, that way it is more proportional to the nations population percentage, that way the people in the nation feel like they are represented by their government.

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cishet white Christian males take up over half of all congressional seats which is unproportional to the population.

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Congress isn't representative of the nation because it mostly old cisgender heterosexual christian white males.

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Congress is not representative of the nation because America is one of the most diverse country's in the world, and there isn't much diversity in congress. In my opinion, Congress should represent more of each demographic in the US