Campaign Contributions: The Currency
of our Democracy Where does that money come from? The great amounts of cash come from neighborhoods where wealthy, non-Hispanic white populations dominate. Neighborhoods where African Americans and Latinos live are particularly underrepresented in terms of campaign dollars. The Color of Money Project is devoted to illustrating
this unfortunate fact--how a tiny elite group of privileged donors
is more equal than others, and how there are direct consequences
for people’s lives, from the wages they earn and the taxes they
pay, to the quality of the schools their children attend and the
air they breathe. We will demonstrate how Clean Money/Clean Elections
campaign finance reform restores the American ideal of one person,
one vote, and helps knock down barriers to participation in our
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