Compared With General Population
The most basic breakdown of the above data indicates that 85% of the Senate is Christian (compared with 73% of the population) and 13% of the Senate is Jewish (compared with 1.7% of the population). According to the data, no Senator falls under the category "unaffiliated" (no religion/atheist/agnostic)—a category embodied by 20% of the U.S. population —although two are under the description "unspecified".
The following list compares reported religious affiliations of U. S. Senators to religious statistics of the demographics of the United States of America:
- Jews are represented by 13% of the Senate for 1.7% of the population. (7.65×)
- Episcopalians are represented by 7% of the Senate for 1.8% of the population. (5.55×)
- Presbyterians are represented by 14% of the Senate for 2.8% of the population. (5.00×)
- Latter-Day Saints are represented by 6% of the Senate for 1.4% of the population. (4.29×)
- Methodists are represented by 8% of the Senate for 7.2% of the population. (1.11×)
- Roman Catholics are represented by 26% of the Senate for 25.9% of the population. (1.00×)
- Lutherans are represented by 3% of the Senate for 4.6% of the population. (0.65×)
- Baptists are represented by 8% of the Senate for 17.2% of the population. (0.46×)
- Muslims are represented by 0% of the Senate for 0.6% of the population. (0.00×)
- Unaligned are represented by 0% of the Senate for 16.1% of the population. (0.00×)
Read more about this topic: Religious Affiliation In The United States Senate
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