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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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West Virginia

West Virginia: 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)

$383,490

$0.27

100.0%

0.0%

11.4%

15.4%

 

John Kerry (D)

$105,015

$0.07

100.0%

0.0%

11.9%

17.8%

Richard A. Gephardt (D)

$40,450

$0.03

100.0%

0.0%

17.3%

17.9%

John Edwards (D)

$22,800

$0.02

100.0%

0.0%

18.4%

9.9%

Howard Dean (D)

$18,050

$0.01

100.0%

0.0%

1.4%

2.8%

Dennis J. Kucinich (D)

$4,398

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Wesley Clark (D)

$3,700

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

6.8%

0.0%

Bob Graham (D)

$1,000

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Joe Lieberman (D-Conn)

$450

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

All Democrats

$195,863

$0.14

100.0%

0.0%

12.4%

14.6%

 

Ralph Nader (3)

$1,500

$0.00

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%





Top Contributing Zip Codes in West Virginia 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

25314
Charleston, WV

$67,100

11333

$5.92

3.2%

2.6%

0.6%

0.6%

92.9%

27.7%

6.5%

26508
Morgantown, WV

$34,110

16512

$2.07

1.0%

1.1%

0.6%

0.6%

96.7%

11.3%

11.0%

25304
Charleston, WV

$33,034

7400

$4.46

3.0%

5.6%

0.9%

0.6%

89.9%

14.6%

9.1%

26505
MORGANTOWN, WV

$29,400

28709

$1.02

5.1%

4.0%

1.3%

0.7%

88.9%

6.1%

36.2%

25443
Shepherdstown, WV

$26,160

4926

$5.31

1.6%

7.3%

1.3%

1.0%

88.8%

15.3%

12.1%

26003
Wheeling, WV

$23,925

36503

$0.66

0.8%

3.2%

0.5%

0.3%

95.1%

5.9%

16.6%

26847
Petersburg, WV

$19,550

4502

$4.34

0.2%

1.1%

0.5%

0.4%

97.8%

2.5%

17.4%

25701
Huntington, WV

$14,200

20591

$0.69

1.3%

8.9%

0.9%

0.8%

88.1%

5.7%

23.0%

26501
MORGANTOWN, WV

$11,975

15108

$0.79

1.4%

3.3%

0.9%

0.8%

93.7%

5.3%

21.2%

24740
Princeton, WV

$11,700

23985

$0.49

0.6%

2.5%

0.4%

0.8%

95.7%

4.0%

18.9%

25301
Charleston, WV

$11,696

2945

$3.97

1.6%

27.4%

0.9%

1.4%

68.8%

6.0%

34.2%

25801
BECKLEY, WV

$11,550

27473

$0.42

1.3%

12.6%

0.6%

0.5%

84.9%

5.6%

18.1%

26330
BRIDGEPORT, WV

$11,390

9532

$1.19

0.9%

0.9%

1.0%

0.4%

96.8%

9.8%

7.6%

24901
LEWISBURG, WV

$10,675

6089

$1.75

0.7%

3.8%

0.5%

0.8%

94.1%

9.5%

19.4%

25311
Charleston, WV

$10,550

8942

$1.18

1.1%

17.9%

0.7%

1.3%

78.9%

8.9%

21.9%

25621
GILBERT, WV

$10,000

1668

$6.00

0.2%

0.1%

0.6%

0.5%

98.6%

4.3%

26.3%

25401
Martinsburg, WV

$9,800

32519

$0.30

0.8%

6.8%

1.5%

0.6%

90.3%

5.3%

12.9%

25302
Charleston, WV

$9,500

13228

$0.72

0.6%

11.4%

0.5%

0.8%

86.8%

7.2%

15.0%

26651
SUMMERSVILLE, WV

$8,500

6935

$1.23

0.3%

0.1%

0.6%

0.6%

98.5%

5.0%

16.0%

26104
Parkersburg, WV

$7,250

7034

$1.03

0.7%

1.4%

0.5%

0.3%

97.2%

4.8%

11.0%

26301
CLARKSBURG, WV

$6,350

24379

$0.26

0.4%

2.6%

0.9%

0.8%

95.4%

3.7%

18.7%

25526
Hurricane, WV

$6,200

14508

$0.43

1.1%

0.6%

0.5%

0.4%

97.4%

14.4%

10.6%

25427
Hedgesville, WV

$6,000

7740

$0.78

0.3%

0.9%

0.7%

0.8%

97.3%

6.7%

10.6%

24701
Bluefield, WV

$5,950

16675

$0.36

0.5%

11.4%

0.5%

0.6%

87.0%

4.3%

18.3%

26041
Moundsville, WV

$5,775

13075

$0.44

0.4%

0.6%

0.8%

0.6%

97.6%

4.3%

18.4%

26554
Fairmont, WV

$5,760

32816

$0.18

0.7%

3.7%

0.6%

0.6%

94.3%

5.4%

16.3%

25414
Charles Town, WV

$5,500

9908

$0.56

1.0%

7.7%

1.8%

0.7%

88.8%

8.8%

11.4%

25530
Kenova, WV

$5,500

4980

$1.10

0.1%

0.2%

0.2%

0.5%

99.0%

4.8%

14.7%

26062
Weirton, WV

$5,400

18027

$0.30

0.7%

3.4%

0.5%

0.4%

95.0%

5.0%

11.1%

26101
Parkersburg, WV

$5,250

31078

$0.17

0.6%

1.4%

0.6%

0.7%

96.8%

4.8%

17.8%

26201
BUCKHANNON, WV

$5,250

14953

$0.35

0.4%

0.8%

0.6%

0.6%

97.6%

3.4%

19.6%

26105
Vienna, WV

$5,200

9433

$0.55

1.2%

1.0%

0.4%

0.5%

96.8%

12.3%

9.7%

24851
JUSTICE, WV

$4,500

409

$11.00

0.0%

0.0%

0.5%

0.2%

99.3%

2.2%

16.0%

24986
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV

$4,000

4064

$0.98

0.2%

7.9%

0.5%

0.7%

90.6%

1.7%

18.2%

24869
NORTH SPRING, WV

$4,000

165

$24.24

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

16.3%

25136
MONTGOMERY, WV

$4,000

2062

$1.94

3.9%

18.5%

0.5%

0.5%

76.5%

3.8%

32.1%

25601
Logan, WV

$4,000

5536

$0.72

0.6%

4.3%

0.5%

0.7%

93.9%

6.1%

23.6%

25608
BAISDEN, WV

$4,000

1359

$2.94

0.1%

0.3%

0.1%

0.5%

98.9%

2.6%

38.8%

25674
KERMIT, WV

$4,000

2332

$1.72

0.1%

0.2%

0.6%

0.4%

98.7%

2.0%

33.0%

26070
Wellsburg, WV

$3,800

7434

$0.51

0.1%

1.0%

0.2%

0.5%

98.1%

4.4%

11.8%

25303
Charleston, WV

$3,730

5640

$0.66

0.9%

5.7%

0.4%

0.6%

92.4%

9.7%

12.0%

25705
Huntington, WV

$3,250

17049

$0.19

1.5%

2.4%

0.5%

0.7%

94.9%

9.5%

15.3%

25425
Harpers Ferry, WV

$3,050

8224

$0.37

0.5%

1.9%

1.1%

1.0%

95.5%

11.8%

7.6%

25411
BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV

$3,000

8459

$0.35

0.2%

0.3%

0.6%

0.7%

98.3%

5.3%

10.4%

26624
GASSAWAY, WV

$2,700

2320

$1.16

0.1%

0.3%

0.5%

0.7%

98.4%

3.1%

22.0%

26147
GRANTSVILLE, WV

$2,500

1765

$1.42

0.2%

0.1%

0.5%

0.5%

98.7%

1.5%

27.6%

26351
Glenville, WV

$2,500

2843

$0.88

1.5%

1.9%

0.9%

0.7%

95.0%

3.3%

29.9%

26802
Brandywine, WV

$2,500

1120

$2.23

0.7%

2.5%

1.9%

0.4%

94.6%

1.0%

8.1%

25271
RIPLEY, WV

$2,450

6165

$0.40

0.2%

0.1%

0.4%

0.6%

98.7%

5.1%

17.5%

25309
Charleston, WV

$2,350

10270

$0.23

0.8%

5.6%

0.5%

0.6%

92.5%

7.4%

13.4%

 

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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