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Color of Presidential Money PR
http://www.democracy-nc.org/whatsnew/colorofpresmoneypr082003.html Bush Has Zero African-American Donors In Large Southern State; Edwards Gets More Money From Republicans Than From Blacks
The study by Democracy North Carolina, a nonpartisan money-in-politics research group, examined 1,436 donors who are identified by name on disclosure reports because they gave a presidential candidate over $200 in 2003. It is believed to be the first comprehensive analysis of the race and gender of all identified campaign contributors from a state to presidential candidates
the group found that 96% of the North Carolina presidential donors are white and 67% are men. That profile contrasts sharply with the make up of voters in the state. According to State Board of Elections statistics for February 2003, less than 80% of registered voters are white and only 45% are men.
The study found that:
• Of the 201 North Carolinians giving over $200 to George W. Bush before the July 1 cutoff, 98% are white, none are African Americans, and 2% are Hispanic or Asian.
• North Carolina native John Edwards had the most donors by far - 1,108 giving over $200. Of this number, 95% are white, 3% are African American, and 2% are other people of color.
• Bush received five times as much money from white Democrats as he did from all non-whites, while Edwards got nearly twice as much from white Republicans as from people of color.
• Neither of the African Americans among the leading candidates for president (and the only woman) - Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton - received more than $200 from any N.C. donor.
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