The House of Representatives has a very tight demographic composition that is predominantly male, with only 21% of representation coming from women. When it comes to race there is a little bit more variation in the Texas house. The majority race in the house is white, but there are almost 35% of other races such as Black, Hispanic, and Asian being represented. The demographic in the Texas Senate on the other hand has less of the minority races represented with 70% of the Senate being white. There are 2% more women in the Texas Senate than in the House of Representatives. Even though the Texas legislature is dominated by Older White males as time passes more of the minority are getting into the seats of office.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, elected in 2014 is White …show more content…
Money allows them to advertise and spread their word a lot more than other people who don’t get elected. Other factors include the candidate’s race, age, and gender. Depending on the population around where the candidate is running they might benefit from their race based on the demographic in that area. Women might have a harder time getting elected because of the stereotype given to elected “leaders” being male.
• What could be done to change the demographic composition of these branches?
Think about information we have learned in other chapters including voting and participation levels of different groups, interest groups, etc.
In order to get the minority groups elected more often, there will need to be more voting done by the population of the minority. Interest groups can help spread the word and get information across to the people about the group they’re supporting. As time goes by the minority population is only going to get bigger and stronger, the future of the government is likely going to get less bias toward the stereotypical white male. Soon we should see a more equally distributed demographic composition in the Texas
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, elected in 2014 is White …show more content…
Money allows them to advertise and spread their word a lot more than other people who don’t get elected. Other factors include the candidate’s race, age, and gender. Depending on the population around where the candidate is running they might benefit from their race based on the demographic in that area. Women might have a harder time getting elected because of the stereotype given to elected “leaders” being male.
• What could be done to change the demographic composition of these branches?
Think about information we have learned in other chapters including voting and participation levels of different groups, interest groups, etc.
In order to get the minority groups elected more often, there will need to be more voting done by the population of the minority. Interest groups can help spread the word and get information across to the people about the group they’re supporting. As time goes by the minority population is only going to get bigger and stronger, the future of the government is likely going to get less bias toward the stereotypical white male. Soon we should see a more equally distributed demographic composition in the Texas