White males make up only 30% of the US population. [View all]

Americans currently live under minority rule

1. White men make up only 30% of the US population, however they hold 62% of all elected offices. (Some studies report white males hold up to 71% of elected offices.)

2. Women make up 51% of the US population, but only hold 31% of the elected offices.

3. People of color make up 40% of the US population, but hold only 13% of elected offices.

“I think if we saw these numbers in another country, we would say there is something very wrong with that political system,” said Brenda Choresi Carter. “We would say, ‘how could that possibly be a democratic system with that kind of demographic mismatch?’”


https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/555503-new-study-finds-white-male-minority-rule/