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Appendix D - Profiling Support for H.R. 2202
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177 Appendix D Profiling Support for H.R. 2202 Appendix D provides a more detailed analysis of House support for H.R. 2202/S. 380, which is discussed in Chapter 6. The size and diversity of the House of Representatives offers the opportunity for more in-depth analysis of the characteristics of its membership than does the 96-member Senate. The 79th House of Representatives consisted of 242 Democrats, 193 Republicans and 1 Progressive. The region with the most representatives in the House was the South, with 22.8 percent. The Mid-Atlantic and East North-Central regions followed, with 21.7 and 19.5 percent, respectively. The smallest delegation came from the Mountain region and constituted only 3.8 percent of those serving in the 79th Congress. Breaking down party affiliation by region presents some striking patterns. In general, the eastern and midwestern sections of the country were dominated by the Republicans, while the southern and western parts were controlled by the Democrats (see Table D.1). The Mid-Atlantic region was the most balanced, with 57.1 percent Republicans and 42.9 percent Democrats. The most extreme region was the South, which was exclusively represented by Democrats. The congressional districts had an average district population living in urban areas of 45.3 percent. During the period from 1930 to 1950, congressional districts experienced a mean percentage increase in total population of 25.8 percent. On average, 8.3 percent of the population in the districts was foreignborn and 9.3 percent was African American in 1940. The median number of school years completed by men over the age of 25 was 8.6, and the median number of years in school for women over 25 was 8.2. Table D.1 Political Party, by Region Democratic Republican n New England 35.7 64.3 28 Mid-Atlantic 42.9 57.1 98 Border 82.1 17.9 39 South 100.0 0.0 103 East North-Central 30.7 68.3 88 West North-Central 20.5 79.5 44 Mountain 58.8 41.2 17 Pacific 58.8 41.2 34 Total no. of districts 242 193 435 In order to view this proof accurately, the Overprint Preview Option must be checked in Acrobat Professional or Adobe Reader. Please contact your Customer Service Representative if you have questions about finding the option. Job Name: -- /347091t 178 Wasem As Table D.2 indicates, most of these constituency characteristics did not vary a great deal by the party of the representative elected in the district, though the Democratic districts tended to be slightly more urban and less educated . A notable exception was race. Democratic districts had a considerably larger proportion of African Americans (14.9 percent, in contrast to 2.0 percent for Republican districts). There were observable differences in constituency traits by region. The New England and Mid-Atlantic congressional districts were the most urban, and the South, West North-Central and Border districts were the least urbanized . While the South and Border districts had means of 28.6 percent and 10.6 percent, respectively, of their populations that were African American, the remaining regions each averaged less than 4 percent African American. Conversely , the South and Border districts had the smallest averages of their popTable D.2 Mean Constituency Traits, by Party and Region Democratic Republican Total % foreign-born 8.2 8.5 8.3 % African American 14.9 2.0 9.3 % urban 46.9 43.9 45.3 % population change 29.4 21.2 25.8 Years in school, male 8.4 8.8 8.6 Years in school, female 8.0 8.4 8.2 New England Mid-Atlantic Border South % foreign-born 16.7 16.1 1.2 1.4 % African American 1.4 3.6 10.6 28.6 % urban 67.8 71.5 21.8 21.5 % population change 17.2 16.0 21.8 27.9 Years in school, male 9.2 8.3 7.9 8.2 Years in school, female 8.7 8.4 7.5 7.6 East NorthCentral West NorthCentral Mountain Pacific % foreign-born 8.5 5.4 6.2 12.2 % African American 3.4 2.2 0.7 1.3 % urban 52.6 30.1 28.1 58.5 % population change 21.0 11.4 35.6 87.2 Years in school, male 8.6 8.8 9.5 9.2 Years in school, female 8.4 8.3 8.6 10.1 In...