Isn't it amazing how the topic of race has all but disappeared from the national radar screen?
I don't think it's stretching things at all to suggest that one reason is that people of color are vastly outspent in the campaign money game. After all, candidates are far more responsive to donors than non-donors. And a new analysis by my colleague Nancy Watzman for the Color of Money shows that both Bush and Kerry drew most of their money from the same non-diverse pool.
Only about 10 percent of their more than $475 million in private campaign contributions during the primaries came from neighborhoods that are predominantly of color. Meanwhile, about 30 percent of the population is of color. Details here.
Posted by msifry at October 12, 2004 05:56 PM