U.S. Congress Research Paper

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Abstract
The United States of American is one of the countries in the world where one can find the highest diversity with reference to the ethnic background. The main ethnic groups in the USA include the Hispanics, African American, Asians Americans, Native Americans, European Americans and the white Americans who can be split into smaller but major groups. All of these groups in one way or the other feel that they have to be represented politically so that they can have their needs addressed. Of the main representation that has been recognized in the American constitution is through the congress. The congress is one of the most influential parts of the US government. It is comprised of the senate and the House of Representatives. In total, there are 535 members, out of which the senators are 100 and the rest are representatives. Majority of the representatives are white and male while the rest of the ethnic groups are given a small share of the total representation. In the recent past, there have been some significant changes in the population demographics with reference to the African American, Asians and the Latinos as compared to the white Americans. This research, as such, tries to determine if there are going to be changes in the ethnic composition of the congress in the future relative to the population's changes with reference to the current trends in interracial marriages, ethnic mixing and changing social identities. The racial and ethnic lines are slowly fading away as different races ethnic groups as well as sub-groups intermarry. The social identities are also changing and taking on a more complex approach. The major ethnic and racial groups are likely to experience some major shifts in the future as is indicative of these trends. The methodology will involve collecting secondary information from the government sites among other credible sites such as journals, with reference the geopolitical data and that of the population growth and distribution across the states. The primary data will be collected through questionnaires posted on the social media such as Facebook and twitter . Analysis of the data will be done using the SPSS computer program version 18, run on windows operating system software. It is assumed that all the respondents will be honest about the information that they present and that the respondents will form a typical population as well as the idea that the population of respondents will form a normal distribution curve. The main limitation of the research is the fact that it is covering a large area and the funds are limiting. ...