While recent surveys have shown rapid growth in the number of religious
“nones” — people who identify as religiously unaffiliated or simply
don’t believe in God — this segment of the U.S. population remains
woefully unrepresented in Congress. Out of the more than 500
congressional representatives, not a single one has publicly expressed
that he or she doesn’t believe in God. Only one member — Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) — lists herself as religiously unaffiliated. More than 90 percent of Congress identifies as Christian. Nick Wing
