"The statistics in the Color of Money demonstrate
the point we all know intuitively: communities of color and the
poor are severely underrepresented because of their inability
to keep pace with the campaign contributions from wealthier,
non-minority communities. The disparity underscores why legislators
spend 100 hours on telecommunications reform and 10 hours on
welfare reform."
-Dr. William E. Spriggs, Executive Director, National
Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality
Top Contributing Zip Codes in California for All Candidates (Individual Federal Contributions ($200+)) (Methodology)
(Click on a column heading to sort that column in Ascending Descending order)
Campaign finance data include all contributions from individuals
of more than $200 to federal candidates, political action committees
(PACs) and political parties, totaled by the zip code listed
by the donor. Percentages to parties are based on individual contributions to
candidates and party committees; however, they exclude contributions to
Political Action Committees (PACs), which do not have a party
affiliation. The data were provided by the Center for Responsive
Politics (www.opensecrets.org), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization
dedicated to analyzing campaign finance data from the Federal
Election Commission (FEC).
U.S. 2000 Census data were provided by the Lewis Mumford Center
at the University of Albany (http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/report.html).
The categorization of the population into racial and ethnic categories
is rife with complexities. Increasingly Americans identify as
more than one race and/or ethnicity. The American Hispanic population
is incredibly diverse, representing a wide variety of national
backgrounds and cultures.