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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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Massachusetts: 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)

$3,532,933

$0.73

98.5%

1.5%

73.1%

1.5%

 

John Kerry (D)

$10,652,550

$2.20

97.4%

2.6%

70.2%

2.2%

Howard Dean (D)

$1,502,330

$0.31

96.2%

3.8%

61.0%

2.6%

Wesley Clark (D)

$529,122

$0.11

97.6%

2.4%

74.3%

2.9%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$295,975

$0.06

98.1%

1.9%

80.8%

4.0%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$291,550

$0.06

98.1%

1.9%

70.5%

3.6%

John Edwards (D)

$217,750

$0.04

97.1%

2.9%

56.2%

7.0%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$87,180

$0.02

99.7%

0.3%

46.3%

0.2%

Bob Graham (D)

$43,950

$0.01

102.3%

-2.3%

88.7%

0.0%

Al Sharpton (D)

$10,700

$0.00

97.7%

2.3%

25.7%

4.7%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$7,450

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

77.9%

0.0%

All Democrats

$13,638,557

$2.81

97.3%

2.7%

69.2%

2.4%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$21,715

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

84.0%

0.0%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in Massachusetts 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

02138
Cambridge, MA

$939,547

31989

$29.37

12.8%

6.4%

5.3%

1.1%

74.3%

24.9%

10.1%

02116
Boston, MA

$611,026

18200

$33.57

14.4%

6.7%

4.2%

1.0%

73.7%

31.7%

13.0%

02493
Weston, MA

$563,505

8254

$68.27

7.1%

1.5%

1.8%

0.6%

89.1%

67.0%

2.7%

02445
Brookline, MA

$436,824

21222

$20.58

10.3%

3.4%

3.1%

1.0%

82.2%

36.6%

6.3%

02481
Wellesley Hills, MA

$412,825

9944

$41.51

4.4%

1.2%

1.7%

0.3%

92.4%

58.2%

2.7%

02467
Chestnut Hill, MA

$400,529

9340

$42.88

11.2%

3.0%

3.3%

0.9%

81.6%

39.4%

5.2%

01742
Concord, MA

$388,410

12790

$30.37

2.8%

3.0%

3.1%

0.5%

90.5%

47.7%

4.2%

02108
Boston, MA

$328,983

3165

$103.94

3.4%

3.2%

2.7%

0.3%

90.4%

38.6%

7.4%

02446
Brookline, MA

$313,277

25515

$12.28

14.7%

2.3%

3.5%

1.0%

78.6%

28.6%

12.1%

02478
Belmont, MA

$290,520

18676

$15.56

5.7%

1.1%

1.5%

0.5%

91.2%

38.1%

5.1%

02459
Newton Center, MA

$275,395

13702

$20.10

7.9%

3.0%

2.4%

0.5%

86.3%

49.6%

4.1%

01778
Wayland, MA

$265,725

9419

$28.21

5.4%

0.8%

1.0%

0.5%

92.2%

50.9%

3.2%

02421
Lexington, MA

$254,327

11942

$21.30

9.8%

1.3%

1.2%

0.4%

87.3%

50.2%

3.6%

02465
West Newton, MA

$236,771

8686

$27.26

6.4%

1.7%

2.5%

0.4%

88.9%

39.9%

3.7%

01773
Lincoln, MA

$230,840

3828

$60.30

5.3%

1.3%

0.9%

0.6%

92.0%

52.9%

1.5%

01890
Winchester, MA

$225,530

15468

$14.58

4.6%

0.9%

0.8%

0.5%

93.3%

46.8%

2.9%

02186
Milton, MA

$215,897

19341

$11.16

2.1%

9.7%

1.6%

0.5%

86.0%

38.5%

3.6%

02140
Cambridge, MA

$215,016

13907

$15.46

11.7%

15.3%

4.2%

1.1%

67.7%

20.6%

7.6%

02139
Cambridge, MA

$211,143

29713

$7.11

14.8%

15.6%

7.7%

2.1%

59.8%

16.6%

15.3%

02030
Dover, MA

$204,125

3804

$53.66

3.7%

0.3%

1.1%

0.2%

94.7%

63.7%

2.7%

02118
Boston, MA

$203,630

19251

$10.58

10.6%

23.5%

15.9%

1.6%

48.5%

18.7%

22.8%

01945
Marblehead, MA

$188,500

15507

$12.16

1.0%

0.5%

0.7%

0.3%

97.5%

37.7%

4.9%

02110
Boston, MA

$186,680

1351

$138.18

4.5%

1.9%

1.7%

0.4%

91.5%

35.1%

7.4%

02130
Jamaica Plain, MA

$185,683

29724

$6.25

5.6%

14.0%

20.7%

1.3%

58.4%

16.3%

13.8%

02420
Lexington, MA

$184,380

10430

$17.68

10.4%

1.1%

1.1%

0.3%

87.1%

46.3%

3.1%

01810
Andover, MA

$172,426

22259

$7.75

5.8%

0.8%

1.5%

0.3%

91.7%

42.8%

5.1%

01776
Sudbury, MA

$169,686

11367

$14.93

3.9%

1.0%

1.0%

0.3%

93.9%

60.2%

3.1%

02492
Needham, MA

$166,650

14512

$11.48

3.0%

0.6%

1.0%

0.2%

95.2%

47.3%

4.0%

02458
Newton, MA

$166,129

9783

$16.98

7.1%

1.5%

2.2%

0.6%

88.6%

34.4%

5.3%

02468
Waban, MA

$162,350

4110

$39.50

5.7%

1.3%

1.3%

0.4%

91.4%

65.2%

0.7%

02482
Wellesley, MA

$161,440

9994

$16.15

10.7%

2.6%

3.0%

0.4%

83.3%

53.3%

5.1%

02114
Boston, MA

$152,300

10154

$15.00

8.4%

6.3%

4.4%

1.0%

79.9%

27.0%

10.1%

02043
Hingham, MA

$125,815

14367

$8.76

0.9%

0.5%

0.6%

0.4%

97.6%

39.8%

3.5%

02129
Charlestown, MA

$123,534

12371

$9.99

4.7%

2.5%

7.5%

0.6%

84.6%

26.9%

13.6%

02472
Watertown, MA

$119,770

28327

$4.23

4.2%

1.8%

2.5%

1.1%

90.4%

22.4%

6.6%

02090
Westwood, MA

$114,525

10168

$11.26

2.4%

0.5%

0.8%

0.1%

96.2%

43.6%

3.5%

01748
Hopkinton, MA

$113,325

8929

$12.69

1.8%

0.7%

1.3%

0.4%

95.7%

46.2%

2.0%

01002
Amherst, MA

$112,266

31850

$3.52

9.4%

5.0%

5.3%

1.1%

79.2%

18.3%

18.2%

02109
Boston, MA

$106,250

3245

$32.74

3.6%

0.6%

2.1%

0.6%

93.1%

38.8%

5.6%

02115
Boston, MA

$100,175

24126

$4.15

12.6%

9.2%

7.7%

1.5%

68.9%

11.5%

29.6%

01720
Acton, MA

$93,652

13966

$6.71

8.5%

0.8%

1.5%

0.8%

88.4%

45.1%

4.0%

02025
Cohasset, MA

$93,505

5236

$17.86

0.6%

0.2%

0.5%

0.3%

98.4%

41.1%

4.3%

01772
Southborough, MA

$91,920

5625

$16.34

3.7%

0.7%

1.1%

0.2%

94.3%

52.5%

3.0%

01915
Beverly, MA

$90,895

31207

$2.91

1.4%

1.0%

1.4%

0.5%

95.6%

18.4%

6.4%

02111
Boston, MA

$88,350

4582

$19.28

58.0%

4.3%

3.9%

0.9%

32.9%

10.8%

31.2%

02461
Newton Highlands, MA

$87,429

4845

$18.05

10.1%

1.8%

2.1%

0.5%

85.4%

48.7%

4.9%

02026
Dedham, MA

$86,624

18278

$4.74

2.0%

1.4%

2.0%

0.6%

94.0%

21.3%

5.5%

01944
Manchester, MA

$84,975

3978

$21.36

0.5%

0.2%

0.7%

0.3%

98.4%

36.4%

5.8%

01770
Sherborn, MA

$84,225

2861

$29.44

2.5%

0.5%

0.8%

0.2%

96.0%

58.7%

3.0%

01060
Northampton, MA

$83,844

14181

$5.91

5.1%

2.7%

4.5%

1.1%

86.7%

10.3%

13.3%

 

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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