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Democrats caught paying black campaign workers 30% less than white employees
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:45 pm
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Black campaign workers are paid noticeably less than their white counterparts —and the disparity is especially egregious when the paychecks are being signed by Democrats, versus Republicans, a new report found.
The New Organizing Institute reported the good news for Democrats — that the party’s federal campaigns are generally more diverse than those of Republicans.
“Republican campaigns have more pronounced disparities both in gender and racial/ethnic representation among campaign staff, 54.2 percent of all staff on Republican federal-level campaigns are white men, compared to 32.4 percent on Democratic races,” NOI reported in its study.
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NOI went on: “African-American staffers on Democratic federal-level campaigns are paid 70 cents on the dollar compared to their white counterparts; Hispanics are paid 68 cents on the dollar. Women on campaigns are also paid less than men … 95 cents on the dollar. Interestingly, although the proportions of staff are more skewed towards white men on Republican campaigns, the income disparities are more pronounced on Democratic campaigns.”
Another study by PowerPAC+, a Democratic donation bigwig, also found that less than 2 percent of Democratic campaign spending in the last two election cycles went to businesses and firms that were owned by minorities, The Daily Beast reported.
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“Most minority staffers get hired in campaigns in field jobs, and field jobs pay less,” said one Democratic political operative, Jamal Simmons, in The Daily Beast. “The problem is they don’t hire African Americans, Latinos in the parts of the campaigns where they spend the most money. The most money in campaigns is spent in communications, polling and data. In those parts of the campaign, it’s very much mostly white.”
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:46 pm to wickowick
Yeah but how many more did they hire?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:48 pm to baybeefeetz
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Yeah but how many more wanted to campaign for them
FIFY
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:50 pm to wickowick
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“Most minority staffers get hired in campaigns in field jobs, and field jobs pay less,”
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they don’t hire African Americans, Latinos in the parts of the campaigns where they spend the most money. The most money in campaigns is spent in communications, polling and data. In those parts of the campaign, it’s very much mostly white
I'm pretty sure most campaigns hire these "skilled" positions based on merit.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:51 pm to wickowick
What ever happened to practice what you preach
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:53 pm to tysonslefthook
Did white hispanics get paid more than non-white hispanics?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:53 pm to wickowick
Are they comparing GOTV workers to the paychecks of campaign managers? Of course you will get a disparity if you just throw everyone into a "staffer" bucket.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:54 pm to StraightCashHomey21
say it ain't so, demmies ...
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:55 pm to wickowick
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Democrats caught paying black campaign workers 30% less than white employees
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is interesting. What they hide is VITAL!
To simply take Group A average wages and compare them to Group B average wages is silliness.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:55 pm to mmcgrath
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Are they comparing GOTV workers to the paychecks of campaign managers? Of course you will get a disparity if you just throw everyone into a "staffer" bucket.
Yep, but explaining that does not generate buzzzzzzzzzzz.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:56 pm to wickowick
What are they paying their women?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:57 pm to wickowick
These kinds of studies are stupid as frick, and they same thing Dems are using to show a "war on women".
It should always be about like jobs...if they aren't getting paid the same for the exact same job, thats a problem.
It should always be about like jobs...if they aren't getting paid the same for the exact same job, thats a problem.
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:59 pm to Fun Bunch
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These kinds of studies are stupid as frick, and they same thing Dems are using to show a "war on women".
It should always be about like jobs...if they aren't getting paid the same for the exact same job, thats a problem.
I agree...
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:02 pm to mmcgrath
Turnabout is a motherfricker.
Shotty statistics can be used against anyone. This is the exact same kind of crap the democrats use to demonize republicans.
Shotty statistics can be used against anyone. This is the exact same kind of crap the democrats use to demonize republicans.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:02 pm to wickowick
Keep voting Democrat, African-Americans !
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:02 pm to baybeefeetz
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Yeah but how many more did they hire?
The crosstabs show Democrats had 11,909 workers, 3,052 of which are black. Republicans have 2,940 workers, 145 of which are black.
Republicans paid on average $450 more than Democrats. Both paid whites about $200 more than blacks.
It's a silly "study" because it doesn't identify nor separate the type of work. You're not going to pay James Carville the same as you pay someone to sign up voters at Walmart.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:05 pm to wickowick
quote:Good intentions trump end results whenever Dems are in charge.
Democrats caught paying black campaign workers 30% less than white employees
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:18 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
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Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is interesting. What they hide is VITAL!
Treading on "#waronwomen" ground right there, bud.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:42 pm to navy
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Treading on "#waronwomen" ground right there, bud.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 4:45 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
Damn you BHP...I cannot unsee that image
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