Taxation with Underrepresentation

WhiTe males make up 36% of American voters. What percent of candidates do they make up?

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. What story does this tell?

3. Explain why that is?
   What is one consequence of this?
   What is the most surprising content in this data?

4. What are some of the biggest hurdles to Black women being represented in politics?

5. Does it matter if politicians look like the people they represent?

6. If you said no, are you a white male?

7. What question do you have about this data?
   Is this data good news?

8. If so, for whom is it good news?

9. Who is more misrepresented, Black women or White men?

10. How different do you think these statistics were 50 years ago?

11. And how different do you think they will be in 50 years?

12. What groups, not included in this data, do you imagine are even more misrepresented than Black women or White men?

13. If we changed this chart to reflect representation in the Presidency, what would the chart look like?

14. Is it good luck to end on question #13?

Learning Extension

Watch the video: Claiming seats at the table: Black women’s electoral strength in an era of fractured politics

Action Extension

Share this data with ten people and ask them if they think that the data matters. Record their race and gender and ask them to examine how much their race and gender impacted their response. Share their responses in class or online.

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