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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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Tennessee: 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)

$4,021,923

$0.94

96.8%

3.2%

39.7%

3.9%

 

John Kerry (D)

$652,148

$0.15

94.1%

5.9%

33.8%

5.9%

John Edwards (D)

$332,792

$0.08

95.3%

4.7%

27.6%

7.5%

Howard Dean (D)

$155,500

$0.04

95.5%

4.5%

47.1%

3.4%

Wesley Clark (D)

$124,773

$0.03

92.6%

7.4%

23.8%

9.4%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$38,665

$0.01

92.2%

7.8%

28.6%

9.7%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$35,400

$0.01

90.8%

9.2%

55.2%

9.2%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$4,855

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

52.5%

0.0%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$2,500

$0.00

90.0%

10.0%

0.0%

10.0%

Bob Graham (D)

$1,250

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

40.0%

0.0%

Al Sharpton (D)

$200

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

All Democrats

$1,348,083

$0.31

94.3%

5.7%

33.3%

6.5%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$1,550

$0.00

80.6%

19.4%

0.0%

0.0%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in Tennessee 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

37205
Nashville, TN

$468,475

17807

$26.31

2.0%

1.4%

1.0%

0.6%

95.0%

34.1%

6.3%

37919
Knoxville, TN

$402,723

22231

$18.12

2.9%

3.9%

1.7%

0.7%

90.7%

18.2%

14.7%

37215
Nashville, TN

$400,563

18235

$21.97

1.5%

1.5%

0.9%

0.5%

95.6%

36.4%

4.4%

37027
Brentwood, TN

$241,150

25547

$9.44

2.6%

2.7%

1.3%

0.5%

93.0%

47.0%

1.8%

37922
Knoxville, TN

$234,613

32678

$7.18

2.6%

2.3%

1.2%

0.5%

93.4%

32.9%

3.0%

38120
Memphis, TN

$154,349

10798

$14.29

2.5%

2.7%

1.3%

0.6%

93.0%

33.0%

4.4%

38117
Memphis, TN

$149,535

20188

$7.41

1.1%

3.0%

1.0%

0.5%

94.4%

19.3%

4.5%

38111
Memphis, TN

$119,100

34641

$3.44

2.0%

39.8%

3.7%

0.7%

53.8%

8.3%

18.0%

37350
Lookout Mountain, TN

$115,100

1519

$75.77

0.6%

2.2%

0.2%

0.2%

96.8%

50.1%

6.3%

37212
Nashville, TN

$95,550

16570

$5.77

7.4%

12.8%

2.4%

0.9%

76.6%

10.4%

15.2%

37377
Signal Mountain, TN

$88,554

10915

$8.11

0.5%

0.2%

0.6%

0.5%

98.2%

26.8%

5.1%

38138
Germantown, TN

$84,174

17072

$4.93

3.5%

2.5%

1.0%

0.5%

92.5%

39.9%

2.3%

37069
Franklin, TN

$81,350

10884

$7.47

1.1%

1.2%

1.3%

0.3%

96.0%

40.0%

2.2%

37405
Chattanooga, TN

$74,320

10912

$6.81

1.6%

9.2%

1.3%

0.9%

87.0%

8.6%

17.5%

38139
Germantown, TN

$73,735

9854

$7.48

4.1%

2.2%

1.0%

0.4%

92.3%

60.4%

2.3%

37064
Franklin, TN

$58,975

26984

$2.19

0.8%

10.4%

3.0%

0.6%

85.3%

22.0%

7.2%

37830
Oak Ridge, TN

$57,845

21205

$2.73

2.1%

7.3%

1.5%

1.0%

88.1%

12.4%

10.5%

37203
Nashville, TN

$55,290

10002

$5.53

4.1%

47.0%

3.2%

0.7%

45.0%

2.9%

34.4%

37204
Nashville, TN

$53,775

9016

$5.96

1.3%

30.2%

1.2%

0.6%

66.7%

13.3%

9.5%

37130
Murfreesboro, TN

$53,650

34718

$1.55

1.9%

15.0%

3.4%

0.7%

78.8%

7.2%

19.7%

38125
Memphis, TN

$52,500

16946

$3.10

3.2%

38.4%

1.2%

0.4%

56.8%

21.2%

2.5%

37129
Murfreesboro, TN

$51,200

28094

$1.82

2.0%

6.4%

2.3%

0.6%

88.7%

11.0%

7.0%

38103
Memphis, TN

$49,466

7276

$6.80

2.6%

40.9%

1.8%

0.8%

53.9%

16.3%

20.6%

38119
Memphis, TN

$47,285

17969

$2.63

3.2%

11.0%

1.8%

0.6%

83.5%

19.6%

5.0%

37902
Knoxville, TN

$45,250

1229

$36.82

1.3%

15.9%

1.1%

1.5%

80.3%

2.0%

46.7%

37220
Nashville, TN

$41,152

4779

$8.61

0.9%

1.1%

0.9%

0.3%

96.7%

30.9%

2.0%

37363
Ooltewah, TN

$41,050

17941

$2.29

1.6%

5.1%

3.1%

1.1%

89.1%

15.2%

5.7%

37402
Chattanooga, TN

$40,600

3620

$11.22

1.2%

54.1%

2.3%

0.4%

41.9%

1.2%

45.7%

37920
Knoxville, TN

$40,300

29877

$1.35

0.7%

3.3%

1.0%

1.0%

94.0%

5.9%

17.5%

37918
Knoxville, TN

$37,990

28339

$1.34

0.6%

3.7%

0.9%

0.7%

94.2%

7.3%

10.8%

37421
Chattanooga, TN

$37,640

32058

$1.17

2.8%

12.2%

1.5%

0.7%

82.8%

13.9%

6.4%

38104
Memphis, TN

$35,631

20643

$1.73

4.6%

24.3%

3.4%

1.1%

66.6%

9.4%

19.0%

37923
Knoxville, TN

$34,610

20323

$1.70

2.7%

4.9%

1.7%

0.8%

89.9%

11.7%

7.0%

38017
Collierville, TN

$34,200

24415

$1.40

1.4%

9.4%

1.3%

0.4%

87.5%

34.6%

3.7%

37221
Nashville, TN

$33,960

26799

$1.27

3.3%

4.7%

1.7%

0.9%

89.4%

23.6%

4.4%

37343
Hixson, TN

$32,554

28206

$1.15

2.2%

2.5%

1.4%

0.7%

93.2%

13.4%

5.8%

37803
Maryville, TN

$31,900

20819

$1.53

1.2%

0.9%

0.6%

0.5%

96.8%

11.1%

7.5%

37415
Chattanooga, TN

$30,600

18722

$1.63

1.3%

6.0%

1.6%

0.9%

90.1%

6.8%

8.4%

37312
CLEVELAND, TN

$28,350

21416

$1.32

1.0%

3.6%

2.0%

0.7%

92.7%

9.8%

8.9%

37932
Knoxville, TN

$26,950

8253

$3.27

1.6%

3.2%

0.8%

0.6%

93.8%

16.1%

3.9%

37219
Nashville, TN

$26,150

816

$32.05

2.9%

27.0%

4.5%

1.0%

64.6%

6.2%

7.9%

37620
Bristol, TN

$26,150

30703

$0.85

0.5%

2.2%

0.5%

0.7%

96.1%

5.0%

15.3%

37909
Knoxville, TN

$24,955

10949

$2.28

2.2%

5.2%

1.5%

1.1%

90.0%

10.3%

15.2%

37772
Lenoir City, TN

$24,658

6904

$3.57

0.2%

0.6%

0.9%

1.3%

96.9%

10.6%

7.7%

37311
CLEVELAND, TN

$21,750

19324

$1.13

0.8%

6.5%

2.9%

1.2%

88.5%

4.2%

22.8%

38305
Jackson, TN

$21,720

30353

$0.72

1.3%

18.2%

2.1%

0.4%

77.9%

13.6%

8.1%

37604
Johnson City, TN

$21,655

25256

$0.86

1.4%

5.5%

1.7%

0.9%

90.5%

8.0%

18.1%

37419
Chattanooga, TN

$21,500

4396

$4.89

0.7%

0.4%

0.5%

0.7%

97.8%

10.2%

8.0%

37660
Kingsport, TN

$20,450

31860

$0.64

0.8%

3.5%

0.7%

0.7%

94.3%

7.2%

18.2%

38401
COLUMBIA, TN

$19,875

37449

$0.53

0.5%

14.8%

3.5%

0.6%

80.6%

9.4%

11.4%

 

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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