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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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New Jersey: 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)

$4,890,708

$0.77

94.8%

5.2%

77.3%

0.1%

 

John Kerry (D)

$4,262,113

$0.67

89.5%

10.5%

79.4%

0.9%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$750,866

$0.12

84.7%

15.3%

88.1%

0.4%

Howard Dean (D)

$628,221

$0.10

91.9%

8.1%

79.5%

0.9%

John Edwards (D)

$544,225

$0.09

89.1%

10.9%

77.1%

2.5%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$529,877

$0.08

89.9%

10.1%

72.9%

2.8%

Wesley Clark (D)

$223,844

$0.04

94.1%

5.9%

84.9%

0.9%

Bob Graham (D)

$33,000

$0.01

92.4%

7.6%

88.6%

0.0%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$21,622

$0.00

84.3%

15.7%

62.2%

0.0%

Al Sharpton (D)

$20,200

$0.00

55.4%

44.6%

56.7%

12.4%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$2,500

$0.00

90.0%

10.0%

90.0%

10.0%

All Democrats

$7,016,468

$1.11

89.3%

10.7%

79.8%

1.2%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$8,560

$0.00

87.6%

12.4%

66.0%

5.8%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in New Jersey 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

08540
Princeton, NJ

$675,824

34864

$19.38

11.9%

4.8%

4.0%

0.6%

78.8%

46.4%

4.6%

07078
Short Hills, NJ

$432,700

8691

$49.79

8.9%

1.1%

1.5%

0.3%

88.3%

73.3%

1.7%

07039
Livingston, NJ

$293,725

19995

$14.69

14.1%

1.2%

2.4%

0.3%

82.0%

49.7%

1.9%

07960
Morristown, NJ

$276,245

34321

$8.05

3.9%

10.2%

13.1%

0.5%

72.3%

41.0%

5.1%

07901
Summit, NJ

$247,317

16557

$14.94

4.8%

4.3%

9.7%

0.3%

81.0%

47.6%

4.1%

07042
Montclair, NJ

$231,054

20189

$11.44

3.4%

42.7%

5.3%

1.1%

47.6%

28.6%

7.7%

07760
Rumson, NJ

$213,600

6991

$30.55

1.6%

0.6%

2.0%

0.2%

95.6%

49.6%

3.8%

07631
Englewood, NJ

$211,125

19947

$10.58

6.0%

38.4%

21.2%

0.7%

33.7%

27.4%

8.4%

07670
Tenafly, NJ

$194,726

9900

$19.67

18.6%

1.1%

4.7%

0.6%

75.0%

47.1%

4.8%

07090
Westfield, NJ

$178,595

23517

$7.59

4.3%

4.2%

2.6%

0.4%

88.5%

49.4%

2.6%

07458
Saddle River, NJ

$173,850

7847

$22.15

6.8%

1.0%

2.1%

0.4%

89.6%

62.8%

1.5%

07450
Ridgewood, NJ

$166,250

17461

$9.52

8.3%

1.9%

3.7%

0.3%

85.8%

52.4%

2.9%

07052
West Orange, NJ

$139,653

34621

$4.03

8.2%

15.7%

9.1%

0.7%

66.2%

33.4%

6.1%

07030
Hoboken, NJ

$138,035

34543

$4.00

4.9%

3.0%

17.2%

0.7%

74.2%

28.3%

10.3%

07920
Basking Ridge, NJ

$136,840

17894

$7.65

7.6%

1.8%

2.5%

0.3%

87.9%

53.0%

1.7%

07043
Montclair, NJ

$122,556

8684

$14.11

4.4%

6.4%

3.7%

0.4%

85.2%

57.8%

1.5%

07931
Far Hills, NJ

$122,000

2016

$60.52

2.6%

0.9%

2.7%

0.3%

93.5%

58.0%

2.1%

08057
Moorestown, NJ

$114,379

14035

$8.15

3.3%

5.7%

1.4%

0.5%

89.0%

39.2%

3.4%

07059
Warren, NJ

$105,650

9994

$10.57

10.7%

1.1%

3.0%

0.5%

84.7%

51.4%

1.7%

07024
Fort Lee, NJ

$104,518

29261

$3.57

28.8%

1.7%

7.4%

0.7%

61.4%

25.6%

8.0%

07040
Maplewood, NJ

$103,780

17147

$6.05

3.3%

31.0%

4.6%

0.9%

60.1%

37.8%

4.1%

07928
Chatham, NJ

$101,200

13143

$7.70

4.3%

0.3%

2.2%

0.3%

92.9%

52.6%

2.7%

07079
South Orange, NJ

$101,120

13282

$7.61

4.5%

29.0%

4.8%

0.5%

61.3%

42.3%

5.2%

07417
Franklin Lakes, NJ

$97,825

7433

$13.16

6.5%

1.1%

2.6%

0.4%

89.3%

63.8%

4.2%

07733
Holmdel, NJ

$94,245

11053

$8.53

17.0%

0.7%

2.4%

0.3%

79.6%

57.6%

3.8%

08003
Cherry Hill, NJ

$93,175

22766

$4.09

10.9%

3.8%

1.7%

0.2%

83.5%

42.3%

3.8%

07481
Wyckoff, NJ

$92,152

11837

$7.79

3.6%

0.5%

2.2%

0.4%

93.3%

51.6%

1.7%

07666
Teaneck, NJ

$91,725

29139

$3.15

7.7%

29.4%

10.0%

0.8%

52.0%

33.2%

5.0%

07940
Madison, NJ

$88,420

13152

$6.72

4.7%

3.3%

5.8%

0.4%

85.7%

40.8%

3.9%

07945
Mendham, NJ

$87,915

6602

$13.32

2.7%

0.8%

1.9%

0.2%

94.5%

60.3%

2.8%

08807
Bridgewater, NJ

$87,853

26985

$3.26

11.0%

2.2%

4.6%

0.4%

81.8%

40.6%

2.3%

08033
Haddonfield, NJ

$87,020

12366

$7.04

1.6%

1.8%

1.5%

0.3%

94.9%

34.3%

3.4%

07701
Red Bank, NJ

$85,375

18316

$4.66

2.2%

9.9%

9.1%

0.3%

78.5%

22.7%

6.0%

07006
Caldwell, NJ

$77,901

20351

$3.83

4.5%

6.4%

3.0%

0.3%

85.8%

39.1%

2.7%

07722
Colts Neck, NJ

$76,850

8756

$8.78

3.9%

8.2%

4.3%

0.7%

83.0%

53.4%

2.2%

07924
Bernardsville, NJ

$76,300

5387

$14.16

3.0%

0.3%

5.9%

0.4%

90.4%

51.4%

1.6%

08534
Pennington, NJ

$75,100

8181

$9.18

4.6%

2.8%

1.9%

0.4%

90.4%

45.6%

1.0%

08753
Toms River, NJ

$71,875

47726

$1.51

2.2%

1.3%

4.1%

0.4%

92.0%

18.0%

6.6%

08550
Princeton Junction, NJ

$69,550

11656

$5.97

24.7%

2.6%

2.4%

0.2%

70.0%

67.3%

2.4%

08055
Medford, NJ

$65,730

19856

$3.31

1.5%

0.8%

1.0%

0.3%

96.5%

39.5%

2.1%

08820
Edison, NJ

$65,720

28443

$2.31

37.1%

5.0%

2.8%

0.5%

54.6%

40.7%

4.8%

07652
Paramus, NJ

$65,350

19755

$3.31

15.8%

1.1%

4.4%

0.5%

78.2%

34.5%

2.5%

07470
Wayne, NJ

$64,950

41543

$1.56

5.7%

2.0%

4.9%

0.6%

87.0%

39.8%

2.8%

07976
New Vernon, NJ

$63,250

562

$112.54

0.5%

0.2%

2.0%

0.9%

96.4%

40.3%

0.0%

07028
Glen Ridge, NJ

$61,712

5163

$11.95

3.6%

5.9%

3.2%

0.5%

86.8%

52.4%

2.8%

07719
Belmar, NJ

$58,050

16646

$3.49

1.4%

1.9%

3.4%

0.5%

92.8%

21.5%

4.9%

07430
Mahwah, NJ

$56,609

18717

$3.02

6.5%

2.3%

4.0%

1.1%

86.2%

38.1%

2.4%

08648
Trenton, NJ

$55,460

21781

$2.55

7.7%

9.1%

4.3%

0.9%

78.1%

27.3%

5.2%

08558
Skillman, NJ

$53,650

3597

$14.92

3.3%

1.8%

1.4%

0.1%

93.3%

66.1%

1.0%

08053
Marlton, NJ

$52,706

29310

$1.80

4.4%

3.2%

1.8%

0.3%

90.2%

24.1%

3.2%

 

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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