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"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

 

 

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Alabama: COMPARING THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Methodology)

Presidential Candidate

Total individual ($200+) federal contributions

Per capita (population 18 and over)

Percent from predominantly Non-Hispanic white zip codes

(non-Hispanic white population is equal to or more than 50% of the population)

Percent from zip codes predominantly people of color

(population that is not non-Hispanic white is equal or more than 50% of the population)

Percent from wealthy zip codes

(more than 24.6% of households making $100,000/year or higher, twice the national average)

Percent from zip codes with high levels of poverty

(more than 23.5% of households in poverty, twice the national average)

George W. Bush (R)

$2,475,336

$0.74

94.7%

5.3%

32.4%

8.5%

 

John Edwards (D)

$664,081

$0.20

85.9%

14.1%

22.3%

16.0%

John Kerry (D)

$310,995

$0.09

87.5%

12.5%

26.6%

13.4%

Howard Dean (D)

$54,166

$0.02

95.4%

4.6%

19.8%

9.0%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$34,750

$0.01

89.2%

10.8%

30.9%

22.3%

Wesley Clark (D)

$32,300

$0.01

97.2%

2.8%

11.3%

4.6%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$28,250

$0.01

92.9%

7.1%

13.3%

10.6%

Bob Graham (D)

$11,300

$0.00

77.9%

22.1%

4.9%

33.2%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$5,274

$0.00

61.6%

38.4%

19.0%

38.4%

Al Sharpton (D)

$5,150

$0.00

38.8%

61.2%

9.7%

46.6%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$4,100

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

All Democrats

$1,150,366

$0.35

87.0%

13.0%

22.7%

15.0%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$25,450

$0.01

68.6%

31.4%

44.0%

7.9%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in Alabama for All Candidates (Individual Federal Contributions ($200+)) (Methodology)
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zip code

Total individual ($200+) federal contributions

Population 18 and over

Per capita contributions

%Asian Pacific American

%African American

%Latino

%Other

%non-Hispanic white

%households over $100K

%households below poverty level

35223
Birmingham, AL

$278,200

8205

$33.91

1.0%

0.7%

0.4%

0.2%

97.7%

49.8%

3.6%

35213
Birmingham, AL

$260,447

10559

$24.67

1.3%

4.2%

0.9%

0.3%

93.3%

34.3%

3.6%

35242
Birmingham, AL

$229,645

23634

$9.72

2.4%

4.2%

1.8%

0.4%

91.3%

35.4%

2.7%

35801
Huntsville, AL

$163,270

18155

$8.99

1.3%

8.0%

1.0%

1.2%

88.4%

19.0%

12.6%

36117
Montgomery, AL

$146,075

28661

$5.10

2.6%

25.2%

1.6%

0.7%

69.9%

18.4%

6.0%

36608
Mobile, AL

$126,900

28646

$4.43

3.1%

18.5%

1.5%

0.8%

76.0%

13.5%

14.2%

35243
Birmingham, AL

$119,454

12763

$9.36

1.3%

1.4%

0.9%

0.5%

95.9%

28.2%

5.1%

35203
Birmingham, AL

$95,874

3100

$30.93

0.3%

75.6%

0.9%

0.5%

22.7%

1.4%

58.3%

35205
Birmingham, AL

$81,850

18632

$4.39

5.0%

37.2%

2.4%

1.1%

54.2%

6.1%

21.4%

36106
Montgomery, AL

$75,587

12362

$6.11

0.9%

29.6%

0.8%

0.5%

68.2%

20.2%

8.1%

35802
Huntsville, AL

$69,000

16467

$4.19

3.2%

7.1%

1.4%

1.1%

87.2%

20.9%

4.7%

35216
Birmingham, AL

$68,985

24686

$2.79

3.3%

6.4%

5.9%

0.6%

83.8%

17.5%

6.0%

35209
Birmingham, AL

$64,790

25008

$2.59

3.1%

23.2%

3.6%

0.6%

69.5%

11.1%

10.6%

35758
Madison, AL

$58,052

21224

$2.74

4.1%

12.8%

2.1%

1.5%

79.5%

22.3%

6.7%

36111
Montgomery, AL

$57,900

9394

$6.16

0.8%

30.4%

1.3%

0.4%

67.2%

17.6%

10.2%

35244
Birmingham, AL

$49,900

19621

$2.54

2.7%

6.0%

1.3%

0.5%

89.4%

30.8%

3.0%

35406
Tuscaloosa, AL

$45,363

8026

$5.65

2.1%

6.2%

0.6%

0.6%

90.6%

26.2%

9.1%

35010
Alexander City, AL

$43,000

16510

$2.60

0.3%

24.7%

0.8%

0.4%

73.8%

6.4%

16.6%

36830
Auburn, AL

$36,990

22100

$1.67

3.7%

14.5%

1.7%

0.6%

79.5%

9.6%

30.3%

35226
Birmingham, AL

$35,100

20491

$1.71

2.7%

4.5%

2.0%

0.5%

90.3%

27.6%

3.7%

35222
Birmingham, AL

$34,975

6667

$5.25

1.0%

35.8%

2.6%

0.5%

60.0%

11.3%

18.5%

36305
Dothan, AL

$34,825

7409

$4.70

1.3%

6.4%

1.5%

0.6%

90.1%

15.1%

7.6%

36695
Mobile, AL

$33,080

23623

$1.40

2.2%

9.1%

1.8%

0.8%

86.1%

14.4%

6.8%

36104
Montgomery, AL

$27,200

14385

$1.89

1.3%

65.1%

1.7%

0.7%

31.2%

2.6%

38.2%

36207
Anniston, AL

$26,300

13855

$1.90

0.9%

15.4%

1.2%

0.5%

81.9%

11.0%

12.0%

35124
Pelham, AL

$24,609

12442

$1.98

1.7%

3.8%

5.3%

0.7%

88.5%

16.9%

3.8%

35763
Owens Cross Roads, AL

$24,480

4990

$4.91

1.1%

3.6%

0.7%

1.4%

93.2%

28.5%

5.1%

36303
Dothan, AL

$24,370

20360

$1.20

0.9%

38.8%

1.0%

0.6%

58.7%

10.8%

19.5%

35504
JASPER, AL

$24,000

10018

$2.40

0.5%

0.9%

0.7%

0.6%

97.3%

8.0%

11.2%

35601
Decatur, AL

$23,620

26292

$0.90

0.5%

22.1%

6.7%

1.0%

69.7%

6.9%

18.4%

35475
Northport, AL

$22,000

8008

$2.75

0.3%

3.0%

0.9%

0.7%

95.1%

9.9%

7.3%

35806
Huntsville, AL

$21,000

8624

$2.44

3.6%

21.3%

1.5%

1.9%

71.7%

16.2%

8.2%

36109
Montgomery, AL

$20,825

19506

$1.07

1.2%

6.6%

1.0%

0.5%

90.7%

10.2%

5.7%

35803
Huntsville, AL

$20,650

18628

$1.11

4.6%

2.4%

1.9%

1.6%

89.5%

19.2%

4.0%

36064
Pike Road, AL

$20,600

3576

$5.76

0.6%

38.2%

0.6%

0.3%

60.3%

19.6%

7.9%

35173
Trussville, AL

$19,949

13634

$1.46

0.4%

2.0%

0.6%

0.6%

96.4%

17.5%

4.7%

36330
ENTERPRISE, AL

$19,900

21335

$0.93

2.2%

18.5%

3.6%

1.2%

74.6%

8.1%

12.3%

36301
Dothan, AL

$19,500

23987

$0.81

0.7%

17.7%

1.2%

0.9%

79.4%

5.5%

14.7%

36609
Mobile, AL

$19,150

17790

$1.08

4.5%

23.2%

1.9%

0.8%

69.7%

7.9%

15.2%

35055
CULLMAN, AL

$18,750

14482

$1.29

0.5%

0.3%

3.3%

0.8%

95.1%

5.1%

16.3%

36607
Mobile, AL

$18,059

5917

$3.05

0.5%

52.4%

1.1%

0.5%

45.5%

6.7%

25.4%

36532
Fairhope, AL

$17,735

16870

$1.05

0.5%

8.2%

1.1%

0.8%

89.4%

12.8%

8.6%

35401
Tuscaloosa, AL

$16,500

31558

$0.52

2.1%

50.1%

1.0%

0.5%

46.2%

4.0%

36.9%

35603
Decatur, AL

$15,850

19375

$0.82

1.1%

7.9%

1.4%

1.3%

88.3%

13.6%

8.3%

36606
Mobile, AL

$15,800

14263

$1.11

1.1%

34.5%

1.6%

0.7%

62.1%

4.9%

17.5%

36507
Bay Minette, AL

$15,000

13981

$1.07

0.4%

18.4%

0.9%

1.2%

79.1%

4.9%

15.1%

35630
Florence, AL

$14,700

24543

$0.60

0.7%

18.8%

1.3%

0.7%

78.4%

5.5%

23.9%

35473
Northport, AL

$14,200

9772

$1.45

1.2%

12.0%

0.9%

0.6%

85.3%

10.7%

8.7%

36604
Mobile, AL

$13,950

8472

$1.65

0.8%

49.1%

0.9%

0.7%

48.5%

5.8%

24.4%

35749
Harvest, AL

$13,400

9438

$1.42

1.2%

23.0%

1.3%

1.5%

73.1%

13.4%

6.2%

 

Methodology

Campaign finance data

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).

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Race and Ethnicity

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.

Click here to learn more about the Lewis Mumford Center’s methodology in analyzing census data by race and ethnicity.

 


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