Which scenario best illustrates demographic underrepresentation?

O

A. Women make up over half of the population but only 20 percent of

Congress.

O

B. Districts in a state are drawn to favor a specific political party.

C. States with larger populations have more seats in the House of

Representatives.

O

D. All states receive equal representation in the Senate regardless of

their population.

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Roger Schneider

16 February, 17:04

Which scenario best illustrates demographic underrepresentation?

O

A. Women make up over half of the population but only 20 percent of

Congress.

O

B. Districts in a state are drawn to favor a specific political party.

C. States with larger populations have more seats in the House of

Representatives.

O

D. All states receive equal representation in the Senate regardless of

their population.

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Riya Arellano · Answer 1

Women make up over half of the population but only 20 percent of Congress.

Option: (A)

Explanation:

A demographic underrepresentation is defined as the condition where there is representation of group of people from bigger proportion of a population is found to be relatively small in the certain subgroups like politics, science and technology, etc.

Demographic underrepresentation is the case when the population of women make up 50% of the total population but only 20% of the congress population is made up of women.

Also, the lower number of representation of people of a certain race in fields like IT, science and technology, medical, etc although they hold a larger population in the country is an example of demographic underrepresentation.