Kamala Harris blows past Democratic rivals in fundraising in communities of color

[PunkinPi]

In the early months of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Harris has tapped into the wealth of minority communities in pockets across the country, from her home in the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Cleveland, South Florida and the Washington suburbs, and she has taken in more than twice the amount of her closest competitor from big-dollar contributors who live in neighborhoods in which minorities make up a majority of the population, according to an NBC News analysis.

NBC's analysis used data from the Census Bureau's 2013-17 survey to build estimates of the racial makeup of ZIP codes. This data was cross-referenced with Federal Election Commission quarterly filings in April for the committees of the major Democratic candidates. (More on the methodology at the end of this article.)

Harris pulled in at least $1 million from ZIP codes where most residents are not white, about two-and-a-half times the total of former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas, who was second to Harris, raising more than $408,000 from the same set of neighborhoods, the analysis showed. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was third, about $1,400 behind O'Rourke, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was fourth, with at least $391,000.

None of the other candidates broke the $250,000 mark.

Harris's fundraising from donors of color is still an emerging narrative, and it's one that the contributors often describe as an attractive feature of her candidacy, an element of her emphasis on bringing people together across racial, ethnic, religious, economic and other lines.

More here, including on NBC's analysis & methodology --> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/kamala-harris-blows-past-democratic-rivals-fundraising-communities-color-n1000031

[NurseJackie]

1. Congrats to Kamala Harris! Way to go!

Looks like BS has some catching up to do in communities of color.

[PunkinPi]

2. I won't be holding my breath on that one...

between Biden & Harris, not looking good for BS.

[NurseJackie]

3. Definitely right about that. BS is losing more ground every day.

I guess people got tired of the continual attacks and smears against the Democratic party. It gets tiresome to keep hearing smears about the Democrats being the "party of the elite" and that there's "no difference" between the GOP and the Democrats... or the lies about Democrats being "corrupt" or "ideologically bankrupt".

All I can say is that I'm very pleased that people (in general) aren't falling for it and that loyal Democrats are pushing back.

[JI7]

10. it's not just Biden and Harris

the others running would do better than him also.

[blueinredohio]

4. How about a Harris/Biden ticket?

[PunkinPi]

5. I'm good with that! nt

[Kaleva]

6. Rec'd!!

[demmiblue]

7. The chart:

[PunkinPi]

8. Thank you for adding this, when I tried, the chart showed, but names didn't. nt

[DesertRat]

9. k&r

[Indygram]

11. I suspect Beto would have been closer if he had more than just 18 days in the first quarter

That's actually pretty damn impressive if you think about it. I'm not surprised, though, because he makes racial justice on all levels a major part of his stump, even in areas where there are virtually no black people in the audience. He had people in NH cheering for racial justice after he connected the dots on how institutionalized racism impacts every aspect of live for people of color from infant mortality to access to capital and everything in between. When you can get a lily white crowd cheering loudly on being told that we need to confront racism at every level so we can begin to repair and put an end to it once and for all you know you have something special.

[BlueWI]

12. Congrats to Harris and thanks for posting.

Harris deserves credit for amplifying the voice of these communities.