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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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Washington: 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)

$2,426,872

$0.55

96.6%

3.4%

44.3%

2.3%

 

John Kerry (D)

$2,224,305

$0.51

95.5%

4.5%

29.4%

1.8%

Howard Dean (D)

$648,937

$0.15

93.7%

6.3%

28.9%

3.6%

John Edwards (D)

$226,718

$0.05

92.4%

7.6%

28.3%

5.8%

Wesley Clark (D)

$186,997

$0.04

94.9%

5.1%

29.7%

2.7%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$149,996

$0.03

86.7%

13.3%

54.9%

9.3%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$131,043

$0.03

98.5%

1.5%

12.4%

0.7%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$61,300

$0.01

95.9%

4.1%

36.0%

3.3%

Carol Moseley Braun (D)

$7,350

$0.00

72.8%

27.2%

3.4%

21.8%

Bob Graham (D)

$5,950

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

67.2%

0.0%

Al Sharpton (D)

$1,400

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

71.4%

0.0%

All Democrats

$3,643,996

$0.83

94.7%

5.3%

29.8%

2.8%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$8,750

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

14.3%

0.0%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in Washington 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

98112
Seattle, WA

$390,194

17290

$22.57

4.9%

8.8%

2.6%

1.2%

82.5%

30.2%

7.5%

98004
Bellevue, WA

$361,256

18509

$19.52

10.3%

1.4%

2.8%

0.8%

84.7%

30.0%

5.3%

98040
Mercer Island, WA

$321,811

16312

$19.73

12.3%

1.4%

1.6%

0.5%

84.2%

46.7%

3.2%

98105
Seattle, WA

$196,658

35049

$5.61

16.6%

2.4%

3.5%

1.6%

76.0%

17.9%

18.8%

98115
Seattle, WA

$157,550

36122

$4.36

9.8%

2.0%

2.7%

1.4%

84.1%

21.6%

6.5%

98103
Seattle, WA

$153,288

36994

$4.14

7.0%

2.5%

3.6%

1.8%

85.1%

16.2%

7.4%

98039
Medina, WA

$147,273

2222

$66.28

5.2%

0.3%

1.3%

0.8%

92.4%

61.2%

0.6%

98006
Bellevue, WA

$147,196

26213

$5.62

19.2%

1.9%

2.3%

1.1%

75.5%

39.6%

2.7%

98102
Seattle, WA

$139,523

18474

$7.55

7.4%

3.5%

3.8%

1.9%

83.4%

14.2%

8.8%

98033
Kirkland, WA

$131,963

24636

$5.36

7.4%

1.4%

2.8%

1.3%

87.1%

28.2%

4.1%

98110
Bainbridge Island, WA

$131,257

14884

$8.82

3.7%

0.4%

1.8%

1.5%

92.6%

30.9%

4.9%

98101
Seattle, WA

$127,410

8691

$14.66

9.8%

10.3%

4.9%

3.4%

71.5%

9.8%

19.3%

98119
Seattle, WA

$123,016

17948

$6.85

5.5%

2.4%

2.9%

1.6%

87.6%

20.2%

6.4%

98144
Seattle, WA

$119,074

19767

$6.02

33.2%

21.5%

7.8%

1.8%

35.7%

13.6%

16.6%

98122
Seattle, WA

$112,942

24992

$4.52

9.9%

23.3%

6.2%

2.3%

58.4%

10.9%

17.5%

98177
Seattle, WA

$107,515

14847

$7.24

7.1%

1.3%

2.1%

1.2%

88.3%

27.5%

3.8%

98199
Seattle, WA

$98,975

15904

$6.22

6.9%

1.8%

2.9%

1.3%

87.1%

24.0%

5.1%

98052
Redmond, WA

$96,092

38828

$2.47

13.6%

1.6%

5.0%

1.2%

78.6%

28.1%

4.5%

98109
Seattle, WA

$94,220

14710

$6.41

6.7%

3.3%

3.3%

1.5%

85.2%

18.6%

6.2%

98104
Seattle, WA

$87,930

12174

$7.22

21.7%

19.4%

6.8%

3.4%

48.7%

6.0%

36.4%

98117
Seattle, WA

$83,380

24495

$3.40

5.6%

1.4%

3.2%

2.2%

87.6%

17.7%

4.5%

98005
Bellevue, WA

$78,440

13989

$5.61

17.4%

2.2%

4.7%

1.2%

74.5%

23.8%

5.9%

98027
Issaquah, WA

$75,501

16735

$4.51

6.1%

1.0%

3.0%

1.3%

88.7%

29.6%

3.8%

98121
Seattle, WA

$71,040

8331

$8.53

9.3%

9.1%

4.9%

3.0%

73.8%

14.0%

16.8%

98008
Bellevue, WA

$61,224

18368

$3.33

14.8%

2.0%

5.0%

1.2%

77.1%

27.5%

3.7%

98125
Seattle, WA

$59,870

29202

$2.05

16.6%

5.1%

5.0%

2.2%

71.0%

11.9%

11.1%

98072
Woodinville, WA

$56,420

24361

$2.32

5.5%

0.9%

3.8%

1.1%

88.8%

38.2%

2.1%

98116
Seattle, WA

$54,878

17739

$3.09

4.8%

1.9%

3.0%

2.3%

87.9%

20.6%

5.6%

98070
Vashon, WA

$47,650

7777

$6.13

2.0%

0.7%

2.2%

1.8%

93.4%

21.1%

6.4%

98107
Seattle, WA

$42,426

16260

$2.61

4.7%

2.1%

4.2%

2.4%

86.6%

9.7%

8.3%

98053
Redmond, WA

$41,790

21068

$1.98

7.6%

0.9%

2.2%

1.2%

88.1%

47.0%

2.0%

98335
Gig Harbor, WA

$41,300

16929

$2.44

2.9%

1.0%

2.2%

1.3%

92.6%

21.4%

3.6%

98034
Kirkland, WA

$41,255

30986

$1.33

10.6%

2.1%

4.7%

1.4%

81.3%

18.6%

5.3%

98020
Edmonds, WA

$39,707

14680

$2.70

4.3%

0.9%

1.9%

1.3%

91.6%

23.8%

3.9%

98155
Seattle, WA

$37,300

26161

$1.43

13.0%

2.8%

3.0%

1.9%

79.2%

17.2%

5.5%

98136
Seattle, WA

$35,951

11823

$3.04

4.6%

2.6%

3.4%

1.9%

87.5%

20.5%

4.5%

98118
Seattle, WA

$34,400

30511

$1.13

37.6%

26.3%

6.3%

1.6%

28.2%

12.4%

12.8%

98250
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA

$34,361

5509

$6.24

1.0%

0.3%

2.1%

1.5%

95.0%

14.0%

8.8%

98028
Kenmore, WA

$29,961

13735

$2.18

7.8%

1.5%

3.1%

1.4%

86.2%

23.0%

5.8%

98661
Vancouver, WA

$29,500

26931

$1.10

4.8%

2.9%

7.8%

2.7%

81.9%

5.8%

15.9%

98498
Lakewood, WA

$28,950

22329

$1.30

11.4%

10.6%

4.9%

2.1%

71.0%

11.2%

9.4%

98407
Tacoma, WA

$28,776

15958

$1.80

4.1%

4.6%

2.8%

2.1%

86.4%

11.5%

8.2%

98664
Vancouver, WA

$28,450

15477

$1.84

4.5%

2.2%

4.0%

1.8%

87.4%

10.1%

6.9%

98368
Port Townsend, WA

$28,380

10377

$2.73

1.7%

0.5%

1.4%

2.2%

94.2%

8.9%

11.7%

98007
Bellevue, WA

$27,964

18574

$1.51

24.1%

3.0%

8.6%

1.5%

62.9%

14.7%

8.7%

98225
Bellingham, WA

$26,100

36073

$0.72

4.9%

1.2%

3.6%

2.4%

87.9%

7.1%

23.0%

99203
Spokane, WA

$24,295

16037

$1.51

2.2%

0.9%

1.7%

1.5%

93.6%

16.2%

6.2%

99352
Richland, WA

$24,231

28218

$0.86

4.4%

1.3%

3.6%

1.6%

89.1%

16.5%

7.8%

98502
Olympia, WA

$23,400

20462

$1.14

6.2%

1.7%

3.3%

2.3%

86.5%

15.7%

12.4%

98166
Seattle, WA

$23,350

15812

$1.48

4.8%

2.9%

6.2%

1.5%

84.6%

18.2%

7.4%

 

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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