{"id":1592,"date":"2016-12-14T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/senate-staff-diversity\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:45:47","slug":"senate-staff-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/senate-staff-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Staff Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Click\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for a printable pdf of this fact sheet.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/strong> for Joint Center President Spencer Overton’s statement on Top Congressional Staff hires.<\/p>\n

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The ProblemIn December 2015, there were 336 top U.S. Senate staffers (Chiefs of Staff, Legislative Directors, Communications Directors, and Staff Directors) in Washington, DC, but only 24 top staffers of color – 12 AAPI, 7 Latinos, 3 African Americans, and 2 Native Americans.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nBlack<\/td>\nLatino<\/td>\nAAPI<\/td>\nNative Am.<\/td>\nPOC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
U.S. Population<\/td>\n13.3%<\/td>\n17.6%<\/td>\n5.8%<\/td>\n1.2%<\/td>\n37.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Senate Staff<\/td>\n0.9%<\/td>\n2.1%<\/td>\n3.6%<\/td>\n0.6%<\/td>\n7.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Currently, none of the 39 Staff Directors of full Senate Committees (both Majority and Minority) are Black or Latino.<\/p>\n

Diversity remains a problem, however, for both Democrats and Republicans. For example, although African Americans account for 23% of Democratic voters<\/strong>, they currently account for far less than that percentage among Democratic top staff. Currently, Democrats have:<\/p>\n