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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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Louisiana: 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)

$1,515,822

$0.47

82.4%

17.6%

2.6%

24.8%

 

John Kerry (D)

$711,504

$0.22

61.7%

38.3%

1.6%

45.5%

John Edwards (D)

$365,945

$0.11

80.7%

19.3%

2.6%

26.0%

Howard Dean (D)

$57,950

$0.02

61.1%

38.9%

1.7%

60.3%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$55,100

$0.02

68.6%

31.4%

3.6%

42.4%

Wesley Clark (D)

$31,425

$0.01

63.9%

36.1%

4.8%

44.9%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$18,250

$0.01

31.5%

68.5%

0.0%

75.3%

Al Sharpton (D)

$12,500

$0.00

58.0%

42.0%

0.0%

42.0%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$9,000

$0.00

41.7%

58.3%

0.0%

41.7%

Bob Graham (D)

$2,620

$0.00

23.7%

76.3%

0.0%

95.4%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$1,180

$0.00

83.1%

16.9%

0.0%

16.9%

All Democrats

$1,265,474

$0.39

66.9%

33.1%

2.0%

40.8%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$2,250

$0.00

55.6%

44.4%

0.0%

44.4%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in Louisiana 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

70130
New Orleans, LA

$180,750

11873

$15.22

1.8%

37.0%

5.3%

1.0%

54.9%

10.8%

28.6%

70118
New Orleans, LA

$170,815

29151

$5.86

1.8%

47.1%

3.4%

0.7%

46.9%

12.3%

24.7%

70115
New Orleans, LA

$138,080

31600

$4.37

1.2%

45.2%

3.4%

0.8%

49.4%

10.7%

25.9%

70005
Metairie, LA

$127,550

20822

$6.13

2.4%

0.9%

4.3%

0.6%

91.8%

16.6%

8.4%

70124
New Orleans, LA

$115,050

18380

$6.26

1.2%

1.2%

3.9%

0.7%

93.0%

22.2%

6.4%

70810
Baton Rouge, LA

$96,704

21618

$4.47

3.2%

28.4%

3.4%

0.6%

64.4%

21.9%

9.9%

70809
Baton Rouge, LA

$89,156

15708

$5.68

1.9%

8.5%

1.9%

0.6%

87.1%

16.7%

8.3%

70808
Baton Rouge, LA

$87,600

28415

$3.08

4.1%

13.0%

2.0%

0.7%

80.2%

19.8%

15.3%

71106
Shreveport, LA

$66,840

23590

$2.83

1.0%

43.4%

0.9%

0.6%

54.1%

19.2%

21.9%

70605
Lake Charles, LA

$61,200

22068

$2.77

1.6%

6.3%

1.4%

0.7%

90.0%

17.1%

8.8%

70002
Metairie, LA

$60,050

15713

$3.82

5.2%

5.4%

10.2%

1.0%

78.2%

15.6%

9.8%

70065
Kenner, LA

$48,780

39506

$1.23

3.8%

12.9%

15.3%

0.8%

67.3%

12.7%

8.7%

70508
Lafayette, LA

$46,350

19902

$2.33

1.4%

7.4%

2.0%

0.7%

88.5%

15.9%

8.5%

70116
New Orleans, LA

$45,550

12822

$3.55

0.7%

60.2%

2.7%

1.0%

35.4%

6.0%

30.5%

70131
New Orleans, LA

$44,375

20418

$2.17

5.4%

38.5%

4.1%

0.8%

51.2%

16.2%

11.7%

70471
Mandeville, LA

$43,940

13546

$3.24

1.1%

2.0%

2.4%

0.6%

93.9%

34.1%

5.2%

70003
Metairie, LA

$42,972

33153

$1.30

2.2%

9.9%

7.1%

0.7%

80.2%

10.2%

9.5%

70001
Metairie, LA

$40,675

32066

$1.27

2.4%

7.5%

6.3%

0.9%

83.0%

7.4%

9.9%

70433
Covington, LA

$39,350

17275

$2.28

0.7%

10.9%

2.2%

0.7%

85.6%

18.5%

10.1%

70503
Lafayette, LA

$38,800

18397

$2.11

2.7%

6.8%

2.0%

0.6%

87.9%

20.8%

9.8%

70112
New Orleans, LA

$31,450

4137

$7.60

6.6%

63.8%

1.5%

0.8%

27.2%

3.2%

63.1%

70119
New Orleans, LA

$31,295

38462

$0.81

1.0%

67.8%

5.7%

0.8%

24.7%

2.9%

30.0%

70726
Denham Springs, LA

$30,650

25949

$1.18

0.4%

3.6%

1.1%

0.9%

94.0%

6.4%

10.6%

70056
Gretna, LA

$29,700

29008

$1.02

4.6%

26.7%

8.1%

1.4%

59.2%

8.1%

11.4%

70113
New Orleans, LA

$25,950

7117

$3.65

0.3%

92.5%

1.2%

0.4%

5.5%

1.9%

47.5%

70122
New Orleans, LA

$25,350

34245

$0.74

1.4%

68.9%

3.5%

0.8%

25.4%

7.0%

21.2%

70047
Destrehan, LA

$25,100

8639

$2.91

0.9%

16.2%

3.6%

0.5%

78.8%

20.9%

7.1%

70043
Chalmette, LA

$25,000

24474

$1.02

2.0%

2.0%

4.5%

1.0%

90.5%

5.4%

12.1%

70360
Houma, LA

$24,250

15480

$1.57

0.8%

15.0%

1.6%

1.4%

81.2%

15.3%

12.3%

71201
Monroe, LA

$23,375

16916

$1.38

1.4%

27.0%

1.2%

0.4%

70.0%

13.7%

19.3%

70806
Baton Rouge, LA

$23,305

21239

$1.10

1.0%

39.5%

1.4%

0.5%

57.6%

9.0%

21.1%

71101
Shreveport, LA

$22,925

7291

$3.14

0.5%

70.2%

2.1%

0.6%

26.5%

0.9%

42.4%

70601
Lake Charles, LA

$22,092

25903

$0.85

0.8%

56.2%

1.2%

0.8%

41.1%

4.6%

25.1%

70125
New Orleans, LA

$20,560

17442

$1.18

1.6%

66.5%

2.8%

0.5%

28.5%

7.7%

36.1%

70816
Baton Rouge, LA

$20,500

28404

$0.72

2.8%

15.9%

3.0%

0.7%

77.7%

11.4%

8.4%

71301
Alexandria, LA

$20,400

16687

$1.22

1.3%

47.0%

1.2%

0.7%

49.8%

5.6%

26.1%

70817
Baton Rouge, LA

$20,030

19234

$1.04

1.8%

5.0%

1.6%

0.6%

91.0%

25.0%

1.8%

70437
Folsom, LA

$19,750

4439

$4.45

0.2%

12.1%

2.9%

0.8%

84.0%

11.4%

12.6%

70117
New Orleans, LA

$18,900

35564

$0.53

0.3%

85.3%

2.3%

0.5%

11.7%

2.3%

34.6%

70458
Slidell, LA

$18,700

24631

$0.76

1.2%

8.0%

2.5%

1.1%

87.3%

12.2%

10.2%

70030
Des Allemands, LA

$18,215

3037

$6.00

0.4%

4.7%

1.8%

0.8%

92.3%

5.7%

13.2%

70301
Thibodaux, LA

$18,200

29157

$0.62

0.7%

18.8%

1.0%

0.7%

78.9%

6.3%

18.5%

70006
Metairie, LA

$17,325

13232

$1.31

5.5%

2.9%

9.0%

0.9%

81.8%

12.4%

8.1%

70123
New Orleans, LA

$17,100

22114

$0.77

1.4%

7.0%

3.1%

0.9%

87.6%

13.7%

8.7%

70448
Mandeville, LA

$15,700

13714

$1.14

0.8%

4.8%

2.3%

0.9%

91.3%

21.4%

5.9%

70461
Slidell, LA

$15,300

15932

$0.96

1.9%

9.0%

3.0%

1.1%

85.0%

15.2%

9.6%

70374
Lockport, LA

$15,000

7353

$2.04

0.5%

2.5%

1.5%

2.7%

92.9%

4.1%

16.2%

70802
Baton Rouge, LA

$14,311

22509

$0.64

3.3%

75.3%

1.6%

0.7%

19.1%

2.0%

38.6%

70068
La Place, LA

$14,075

20833

$0.68

0.8%

33.0%

3.8%

0.7%

61.7%

8.0%

11.6%

71270
Ruston, LA

$13,400

24740

$0.54

1.9%

38.5%

1.1%

0.6%

57.9%

5.8%

30.4%

 

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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