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-Dr. William E. Spriggs, Executive Director, National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality

 

 
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District of Columbia: 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)

$1,858,924

$4.07

73.1%

26.9%

60.8%

6.6%
 

John Kerry (D)

$4,449,715

$9.74

72.2%

27.8%

65.7%

2.4%

Howard Dean (D)

$662,419

$1.45

72.0%

28.0%

63.0%

3.3%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$424,658

$0.93

71.4%

28.6%

57.3%

6.1%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$371,545

$0.81

81.3%

18.7%

70.8%

3.4%

Wesley Clark (D)

$369,421

$0.81

69.8%

30.2%

53.8%

2.8%

John Edwards (D)

$285,106

$0.62

70.9%

29.1%

63.4%

1.8%

Bob Graham (D)

$66,045

$0.14

68.1%

31.9%

47.4%

1.9%

Al Sharpton (D)

$15,000

$0.03

55.0%

45.0%

43.0%

19.7%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$10,281

$0.02

66.4%

33.6%

59.1%

14.6%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$9,533

$0.02

52.3%

47.7%

60.1%

2.6%

All Democrats

$6,663,723

$14.58

72.3%

27.7%

64.2%

2.8%
 

Ralph Nader (3)

$28,252

$0.06

93.8%

6.2%

90.3%

1.8%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in District of Columbia for All Candidates (Individual Federal Contributions ($200+)) (Methodology)
(Click on a column heading to sort that column in Ascending   Descending  order)

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

20008
Washington, DC

$1,583,324

23889

$66.28

6.7%

5.6%

6.3%

1.0%

80.5%

31.6%

5.3%

20016
Washington, DC

$1,476,183

27147

$54.38

5.9%

6.6%

6.6%

2.1%

78.9%

40.5%

6.4%

20007
Washington, DC

$1,308,352

26505

$49.36

6.7%

4.1%

5.3%

1.1%

82.9%

37.2%

10.2%

20009
Washington, DC

$821,742

40267

$20.41

4.7%

29.8%

16.9%

1.3%

47.3%

16.5%

14.1%

20015
Washington, DC

$735,414

12780

$57.54

4.8%

10.9%

4.5%

0.8%

78.9%

48.6%

5.9%

20003
Washington, DC

$381,435

19608

$19.45

2.1%

51.1%

3.1%

0.9%

42.9%

21.2%

17.4%

20036
Washington, DC

$381,001

3726

$102.25

8.5%

5.6%

7.1%

1.3%

77.5%

20.8%

8.6%

20037
Washington, DC

$325,319

12453

$26.12

11.7%

7.0%

5.6%

1.3%

74.4%

19.4%

21.1%

20002
Washington, DC

$315,325

38826

$8.12

1.2%

75.3%

2.1%

0.7%

20.7%

11.4%

18.9%

20005
Washington, DC

$297,783

9542

$31.21

8.4%

29.5%

22.3%

1.5%

38.3%

7.5%

21.0%

20004
Washington, DC

$222,515

882

$252.28

4.9%

13.6%

4.6%

0.8%

76.1%

29.7%

11.1%

20006
Washington, DC

$171,950

1864

$92.25

15.3%

6.7%

5.2%

1.2%

71.6%

2.0%

57.5%

20001
Washington, DC

$123,580

26319

$4.70

4.3%

81.8%

7.0%

0.7%

6.2%

6.5%

28.6%

20010
Washington, DC

$106,966

22534

$4.75

4.4%

47.5%

29.9%

1.0%

17.2%

11.7%

18.9%

20012
Washington, DC

$105,140

11201

$9.39

1.5%

75.4%

6.8%

0.8%

15.5%

25.7%

8.1%

20011
Washington, DC

$94,628

45165

$2.10

0.8%

82.2%

11.6%

0.6%

4.8%

12.3%

12.7%

20024
Washington, DC

$60,191

9940

$6.06

3.1%

62.8%

4.2%

1.3%

28.5%

8.1%

17.1%

20018
Washington, DC

$12,350

13310

$0.93

0.6%

94.3%

1.9%

0.6%

2.7%

11.4%

17.7%

20020
Washington, DC

$12,101

33705

$0.36

0.3%

96.3%

0.9%

0.3%

2.3%

5.4%

27.3%

20017
Washington, DC

$12,100

15890

$0.76

1.8%

71.7%

3.1%

0.6%

22.8%

11.1%

13.2%

20032
Washington, DC

$2,000

20981

$0.10

0.3%

96.8%

0.9%

0.4%

1.6%

4.9%

29.0%

20019
Washington, DC

$1,500

37203

$0.04

0.2%

98.0%

0.8%

0.2%

0.8%

4.1%

25.6%

 

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).

For more detailed information on campaign finance data, please click here.


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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