What Is a Vote Worth?Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 10:36am.
Republican presidential candidates are turning down invitations to participate in debates sponsored by black and Hispanic organizations and and institutions leading critics to questions whether the party is interested in courting votes from those constituencies. The candidates say they're not ignoring minorities, they're just too busy fundraising. Which, as it happens, means largely ignoring minorities.
In passing on invitations to the Morgan State forum, the Republicans cited hectic schedules, noting in particular that September is a critical month for fundraising after a traditional summer slowdown. With fundraising closely scrutinized as a measure of their strength, all are eager to report a showing that reflects enthusiasm for their candidacies. As our Color of Money report in 2004 showed, big donors to presidential campaigns are overwhelmingly from majority white neighborhoods -- only 10% of donations over $200 came from neighborhoods with a non-white majority, despite the fact that one in three Americans is a person of color. How are candidates supposed to get a balanced perspective on the needs of American voters -- and set their policy priorities accordingly -- if the need to fundraise is superceding the need to talk to voters who have been traditionally under-represented?
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