Another one could be about considering this so called "diversity" beyond ethnicity.

I agree that Sanders and O'Malley need more diversity on their staffs but isn't it true that Clinton's staff is a lot larger? I would assume that Sanders and O'Malley will both have diverse staffs when they are able to hire more people.

Good for her!

It's a percentage. Perfectly fair

From the group that released this study:

The Bernie Sanders campaign has updated us with their current numbers. As our press release called for, this is a great first step in transparency from their campaign.
"51 people on staff, 13 are minorities including African-Americans, Latinos and Asians. That's more than 25 percent."

Thanks for info.

I was just curious about the background of this group and found that post on their Facebook page.

That needs to be emphasized since the op isn't going to be changed to reflect the current stats.

Thank you for finding that.

Interesting that the Sanders campaign has just done what Sanders followers have always accused Clinton of doing - they got bad news so they came up with "new" numbers.

Going from 10% to 25% in a couple of weeks and still having a staff reported at just 51, that would mean that just about everyone added since the July 1 numbers would have to have been minorities. Curious.

who will match Diversity to the Game Plan.

That's not a surprise. I applaud her ...but, then she has the Money to Do that and that should Not be Overlooked. She has huge advantage with Name Recognition, Husband who was Former President and her Role as SOS.

We now allow Foreign Money to infiltrate our Elections and Hillary as SOS made many connections and so did Bill and Chelsea through their Connections with Wall Street and Other Resources via Clinton Foundation.

That's why many of us discount much about the Polls and the Diversity of Hillary's Campaign...because she has such an Enormous Advantage.

America should not be an Oligarchy....where only the Entitled are allowed to Participate to Buy the Media and Think Tank Expertise to "Model a Campaign for U.S. President."

That's why many of us are seeking alternatives. The Clinton Policy Alone and its Aftermath on our American Economy should be enough...but, adding the Baggage I've pointed out above even adds more to the discontent out there in America today.

Fine...support her...but, realize that many of us Politically Active Democrats who are old enough to remember Clinton I and before are rethinking. And, the young people suffering are going to be even more active in how they feel about the direction our country is going.

We shall see how it all turns out.

Wasn't that the most jobs created under a president in a century? 25,000,000+. Not to mention longest peacetime?

O'Malley has a Senior advisor who is a Latina.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gabidomenzain/status/616267067529003013

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/omalley-hires-former-obama-hispanic-media-director-for-senio#.rhZOD6vpE

O’Malley Hires Former Obama Hispanic Media Director For Senior Campaign Role

Gabi Domenzain, director of public engagement for O'Malley, blasted Inclusv for releasing these numbers, which she said “they know to be false.”

While Inclusv's report said no Latinos work for the former governor's campaign, Domenzain, a Latina, joined O’Malley’s campaign prior to his announcement. Her name was not listed under payroll disbursements in the July quarterly filing, but HuffPost observed that O’Malley’s campaign reported paying Dominion Payroll Services for “payroll expense." (Persons paid through payroll services and volunteers aren’t included in Inclusv's analysis.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-has-the-most-diverse-campaign-staff-report-finds_55aecd9be4b0a9b94852e873

Gabriela Domenzain ?@GabiDomenzain
@aurabogado Actually, I'm senior staff and a proud Latina ! The numbers used are not up to date. http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/omalley-hires-former-obama-hispanic-media-director-for-senio#.dlkWN50jq1 …


This report is almost certainly going to be proven false.

...not registering this senior member of the campaign is a huge red flag for the accuracy of this report.

...history says the facts will be less reported or acknowledged than the sensationalism, tho

and I am aware I am nitpicking, when that article says that O'Malley has 0% of LAtino people, It's not true:

see here.

Gabriela Domenzain ?@GabiDomenzain 5h5 hours ago
.@aurabogado Actually, I'm senior staff and a proud Latina ! The numbers used are not up to date. http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/omalley-hires-former-obama-hispanic-media-director-for-senio#.dlkWN50jq1 …

Most people will just forget about the influence of Citizens United (unlimited cash for Hillary) and go with "diversity." Her Illithid marketing guru probably makes a lot of money, too. Illithids are vastly under-represented in this campaign.

but there are some issues here. One can presume that Hillary has more staff in later states than either O'Malley or Sanders and that all of them hired locals in the states. That would lead to her having more minorities as paid staff since the very early states are rather white.

I don't really get too involved in threads about the Primaries but will make an exception this time and recommend this thread.

The amount of staff diversity is very important and is an indicator of how that candidate would fill Cabinet positions, etc. It is early in the campaigns and Hillary has had more time and more money to hire staff, but this should be an incentive for the other candidates to do the same.

represent that, and who are able to forge real connections with her constituency.


HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN OUTSTRIPS SANDERS AND O'MALLEY IN STAFF DIVERSITY

http://bluenationreview.com/hillary-clintons-campaign-outstrips-sanders-and-omalley-in-staff-diversity/

Mahalo Janey~

Every big corporation does it, too. It looks good and they've got the money to do it.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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Clearly we have not reached that dream yet. If anyone actually needed to be told that. The real issue that we should be discussing is how either (or both) candidates can help PoC achieve that dream and how we can help them along that route faster. Not hurting each other with our words.