United States of America - House of Representatives


In the 114th Congress (2015), 20.02% of representatives were women (88.02 out of 439.62)


This graph shows the respective contributions to overall gender representation of the bottom three and top three parties. Parties with a high proportion of women may still rank as having low contributions because of low total numbers of representatives.

0% represents the hypothetical gender balance of the chamber without each party in turn (see methodology) rather than 50/50.


The party that has the highest positive influential on the gender balance is Democrat.

33.94% of this party's representatives are women. These 65.03 women account for 73.88% of all women elected in this period.

Including this party raises the representation of women by 10.75%.


The party that has the highest negative influential on the gender balance is Republican.

9.31% of this party's representatives are women. These 23 women account for 26.12% of all women elected in this period.

Including this party lowers the representation of women by -13.74%.


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