Reluctant Donors: African Americans, Campaign Contributors, and the Obama Effect—or Lack of It

King, Marvin

doi:10.1080/10999940903417177

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“…Given that relatively little is known about African American voters as campaign contributors and conventional wisdom suggests that they donate few dollars to candidates, it is noteworthy that those who were older, better educated, strongly race identified, and higher income earners were more likely to donate money even when their preferred candidate had no chance of securing the Democratic nomination and the contributions happened during a recessionary election cycle (King, 2009). Membership in Black organizations working to improve the status of African Americans was predictive of three activities: having donated money, attended a political meeting in support of a candidate, and proselytizing.…”

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Black Votes Count, But Do They Matter? Symbolic Empowerment and the Jackson-Obama Mobilizing Effect on Gender and Age Cohorts

Simien

Hampson

2020

American Politics Research

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Using data from the 1984–1988 National Black Election Studies as well as the 2008 and 2012 American National Election Studies, we provide a comprehensive study of African American political behavior with support for Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson serving as explanatory variables alongside other sources of variation—gender and age cohorts. Results show that African American voters who preferred Jackson and Obama in the 1984 and 2008 Democratic nominating contests were more likely to proselytize, attend a campaign rally or political meeting, donate money, and wear a campaign button. While opposition to Ronald Reagan and George Bush, church membership, involvement in Black political organizations were also linked to behavior, racial group identification (linked fate) had a less consistent effect. Both Obama’s candidacy like that of Jackson’s had an empowering effect on African American women—particularly, those of the civil rights generation—as was the case for Obama supporters of a younger cohort.

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Black Votes Count, But Do They Matter? Symbolic Empowerment and the Jackson-Obama Mobilizing Effect on Gender and Age Cohorts

Simien

Hampson

2020

American Politics Research

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“…In general, whites, as opposed to all other minority groups, are thought to have the highest rates of participation (Burns et al 2001;King 2009;Milbrath 1965;Rosenstone and Hansen 2003;Uhlaner, Cain and Kiewiet 1989;Verba et al 1995;Woodward and Roper 1950). However, there is no consensus on the question of whether members of minority groups are less likely to make donations than whites.…”

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The American Donor

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______________________________________________________ Tom Rice ______________________________________________________ Rose McDermott ______________________________________________________ Jason Clarkii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing this dissertation, like graduate school, has been a journey: very long, sometimes arduous, but constantly a learning experience. So many people have been important to me along the way. It's hard to know how to say thank you for the roles they have played in my life over the last several years. I'm sure that I will forget someone, and this is an unintentional oversight. I couldn't have done this without my amazing family: Margaret, Pete, Bob, and Annemy supportive parents, who have always believed in me; Rob, Amy, Ryan, Emma, Jack, and the new babythe best family anyone could ask for.To the friends who became like family: Allison,

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Where do donors come from? Using census data to predict donations to Canadian federal election candidates

Garnett

2024

Political Geography

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Reluctant Donors: African Americans, Campaign Contributors, and the Obama Effect—or Lack of It

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Black Votes Count, But Do They Matter? Symbolic Empowerment and the Jackson-Obama Mobilizing Effect on Gender and Age Cohorts

Black Votes Count, But Do They Matter? Symbolic Empowerment and the Jackson-Obama Mobilizing Effect on Gender and Age Cohorts

The American Donor

Where do donors come from? Using census data to predict donations to Canadian federal election candidates

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