JWeinCom said:
"The racial/ethnic diversity of staff on Democratic campaigns appears impressive. African Americans account for 12% of the American workforce (source) but account for more than twice that share of the workforce on Democratic federal-level campaigns. Staffers of Hispanic and Asian backgrounds are not represented on campaigns at the same level as the overall workforce, but Democratic campaigns are considerably more balanced by this measure than Republican campaigns. Women are underrepresented on campaigns. Republican campaigns have more pronounced disparities both in gender and racial/ethnic representation among campaign staff. 54.2% of all staff on Republican federal-level campaigns are white men, compared to 32.4% on Democratic races. Even on the more gender-balanced Democratic campaigns, however, there are 116 men for every 100 women staffers." Interesting they didn't decide to pick that quote out. The spin is strong with this article. Could have made for an interesting discussion about the relative level of opportunity for different races, but instead became a reason for an obviously biased blog to take a shot at the other party. |
Everything has to be spun politically these days.
