If 13.2% of Americans are black, then why are only 0.5% of Senators black?

Question

Barack Obama is the only black Senator (and he is 50% white and Cherokee).

And if g*y people represent 10% of the population - then why are there only 0.0022% g*y people in the House of Representatives (Barney Frank is the only one)?

And now that Larry Craig has resigned, there are no g*y people in the Senate either.... so that's 0.00%

Yet Republicans claim that the minorities are trying to make "everything" about them....

Answer 1

Because  it is a Dog and Pony show and there are still some tickets left. care to buy one or two?

Answer 2

I hate Obama and it has nothing to do with race, but I do like this question so I gave you a star.

Kind of looks like "Whitey keepin' us down!"

Big rich white guy's running the country and your not invited. I still say that last time I checked the Republican'ts have been at the reigns of this country for seven years now..? How is it the Dem's are still being blamed for everything wrong?!

Answer 3

YOU MAKE THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS MOST RACISTS MAKE...THAT PEOPLE WILL ONLY VOTE FOR SOMEONE OF THE SAME COLOR....OR LIFESTYLE....THANK GOD YOU GUYS ARE STILL OUT THERE.... MAKES IT EASY FOR THE  REST OF US

Answer 4

Trouble is, many of the g**s, including Craig, are still in the closet. as for the blacks, they first have to run for office to get elected.

Answer 5

Because White Democrat Politicians say THEY speak for minorities, so we don't even need minorities speaking.

Remember, Bill Clinton proclaimed himself "The First Black President"?

And blacks believed him.

Cool!!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

Because 0.5% of them got elected.

Answer 7

I'm not sure why you are trying to make this a Republican issue.

The obvious answer is that they don't get enough votes to get elected.  Senators are elected by the state the represent.  If they fail to campaign well they don't get elected.

How is this a Republican issue?

Answer 8

The color of a persons skin should have no bearing on whether or not you vote for them.  You should vote based on the character of the person and the issues they support/oppose.

And the 10% g*y thing, that might be SanFran but not the entire nation.  Sorry.

Answer 9

Because they lack the money to run. If you are not worth millions you don't have a chance.

Answer 10

If there are no g*y people in the senate then what do you call Orrin Hatch?

Answer 11

Let the race thing go already. Im not white and you dont see me complaining. Im pretty sure you got a good life, your on the computer , got a house why do you black people keep on with this.

Why do you guys complain about this so much?Ill tell you why, its because you guys want to be in power of everything. You guys are so power hungry. Look what you guys do to your cities. Why should the country trust you with the commader and chief.

My point is the country is fine, and some black people are in these government positions. One is the nomination for president. Do you see a chinese guy complaining about this stuff. This is a white country brother except it. And i consider them pretty good leaders and give us all a good life

Answer 12

Because people are racists and homo phobic.

Answer 13

Even with gerrymandering, they still have to be elected by a majority of the people at home. I don't know about what you're listening to, or maybe I'm just ignoring a lot of BS, but my impression has been that the Republican gripe has just been that people should stand or fall on their own merits, so they have a fundamental disagreement with the idea of special preferences for anybody, except of course when it comes to Congressional apportionments! It's a valid and sensible argument, and without a mechanism for a controlled comparison study, there's no way to tell which argument is correct.

Answer 14

Quotas are for racists. The ones in office ran and got elected. Why do we have a black caucus but no other ethnic caucus in the house? Have you ever looked into the staffs of various federal politicians and seen what the racial and minority breakdown is? You might be surprised how white male the democrats are and how diverse the republicans are. Have you noticed the cabinets of the various presidents? I hardly think that 10% of the population is homosexual and even if it is 10% what makes a group that has chosen an unhealthy lifestyle entitled to any special political dispensation? I know there is the argument that they are born that way. B.S. I've had the dubious pleasure of continually being hit on by these guys from about the time I was 15 until I was 35 and it still happens occasionally though not like it used to and almost to a man they tried to convince me that if I would only try it I would see the superior experience with a man for what it is and swear off women. That tells me that they think it's a lifestyle choice as well. Very few of them took a polite no thank you as an answer. You have to be rude or downright threatening sometimes to get them to back off. As I said before, quotas are for racists. I vote the same as if I heard them on the radio and have no idea what ethnic group they belong to. I tend to base my votes on their voting record. Period. Actions speak louder than mealy mouthed words, skin color or sexual orientation.

Answer 15

13.2%??  I would love to see where you get your stats.  I notice that you dont mention how many black congressmen there are.  Oh wait that might invalidate your shaky point.

Answer 16

If someone talks alot about their race or sexual preference it's obvious that's where their loyalties lie. And if someone talks about their issues, race doesn't matter. You can't have it both ways. Either race doesn't matter and a black person can run on the issues, or race matters and Obama's not black enough. The complaint is the two faced double edged race card constantly being played.

Answer 17

The color of your skin and your sexual orientation have nothing to do with your qualification to serve as a federal legislator. The color of your skin and your sexual orientation do not determine who you decide to vote for. The color of your skin and your sexual orientation have nothing to do with your capability to represent constituents of a different skin color or sexual orientation.

What is the percentage of Americans who are both black and interested in running for political office? Both g*y and interested in running for political office? What is the percentage of black-majority congressional districts in each state? Of homosexual-majority congressional districts?

When it comes down to it, the answer to your question is, most people vote for "republican" or "democrat," and it doesn't matter too much who those people really are or what they really stand for. People in general are too uninterested in politics to examine the platforms of each candidate for each office, and they vote along party lines.

Answer 18

g*y people may amount 1% of the population.  Your ten per cent figure is bogus.

White people don't like black people, so they don't vote blacks into office when whites are in the majority.

Answer 19

Well since your asking, if only 13.2% of the population is black why does virtually every professionial football or basketball team have a disproportionate  precentage of blacks (50 to 90%)?

Also, has Barny Frank died or left office, he was as openly g*y as a person could get and was re-elected repeatedly.

Answer 20

In the house there is close to 10% that are black.  Why are you overlooking that statistic?   Or doesn't it fit your agenda?

Answer 21

Because the Democrats don't want too many of them in the House of Representatives or Senate. If you will notice, most are Democrat.

Answer 22

qualification, qualification, qualification.

Answer 23

people get elected to these offices, not appointed, so statistics mean nothing.