The U.S.'s Current Democratic Senators

Take the idea of gender. A whopping 39% of the Democratic Senate’s states have two men on their seats, while only 14% of the states hold two Democratic women. 25% of the Democratic Senate states hold one man and one woman, and 14% hold one man and no one else. It’s interesting to note that a grand total 4%, or just one state, hold solely one woman as their Democratic Senator. Additionally, 64% of our Democratic Senators are men, while on the other hand, only 36% are women.

The races of senators, although diverse, display hints of the deeply rooted racism that plays an unwelcome but long-standing role in our present-day society. As of now, only two of the fifty Democratic Senators are African Americans, both men - Cory Booker (New Jersey) and Raphael Warnock (Georgia) - which is just 4% of the total population of Democratic Senators. Likewise, only 4% of the Democratic US Senate is comprised of Asian Americans. These members are both women - Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (Illinois). 8% of the Democratic Senate is currently made up of Hispanic Americans. These four members are Bob Menendez (New Jersey), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada), Ben Ray Luján (New Mexico), and Alex Padilla (California). Examining these statistics, we can see that just 16% of the Democratic Senate is made up of people of color, which means that 84% of the group is White.

It’s also fascinating to discover that just two of fifty Democratic Senators identify as LGBT, and that they are both Caucasian women. These are Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) and Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona). Baldwin is lesbian, and Sinema is bisexual. No one in the Democratic Senate has openly identified themselves as a gay man or as a transgender.

Additionally, the religions of Democratic Senators are well worth noting. By far the most common religion in the Democratic Senate is Catholicism, with 32% of these Senators identifying as Catholic. Additionally, 18% of the Democratic Senate practices Judaism, including Georgia’s own Jon Ossoff, Chuck Schumer, the newest Senate majority leader, and Bernie Sanders, who does not strictly follow any religion. 10% identify as Episcopalian, 8% as Presbytarian, and 6% as Lutheran. Baptists (including Raphael Warnock), Methodists, Unspecified Protestants, and followers of the United Church of Christ are tied in terms of popularity right now, taking up 4% each. Then there are the religions which only 2%, or one member, of the Democratic Senate practice - Buddhist, Deist, and Church of God. Additionally, the religions of 4% of the Democratic Senate are classified as “Unspecified” or “None.” These two members are Kyrsten Sinema, who was raised as a Mormon and does not consider herself to be an atheist, and Tammy Baldwin.