Men Vastly Outgiving Women in 2024 Congressional Elections
Source: Center for American Women and Politics
Men are far outpacing women in the total amount contributed in 2024 congressional races, according to a new analysis from The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. The latest insights from CAWP’s Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024 project come from a nationwide analysis of donors to congressional races on the Donor Gaps: Demographics Analysis page of Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024.
Analyzing data from election 2024 donations made during calendar year 2024 to all major party congressional candidates in the running as of July 15, 2024, CAWP researchers find that:
■The total amount contributed by men to 2024 congressional candidates vastly exceeds the amount contributed by women. Men have provided 63% of all money contributed to congressional candidates with 37% provided by women.
■However, women fare better as a proportion of unique donors to congressional candidates than as a proportion of total money contributed. Women constitute 52% of unique donors to congressional candidates.
■Women are providing a higher share of the total amount contributed to Democratic than Republican congressional candidates. Whereas women have contributed 42% of all money given to Democratic congressional candidates, women have only contributed 29% of all money given to Republican congressional candidates.
■Women from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups are especially underrepresented as donors to congressional candidates:
⦿Black women have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Latinas have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Asian American women have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Women have donated 45% of all money contributed to Democratic women congressional candidates compared with 41% of all money contributed to Democratic men congressional candidates.
⦿Women have donated 30% of all money contributed to Republican women congressional candidates compared with 28% of all money contributed to Republican men congressional candidates.
⦿For example, 2% of the money raised by Democratic women U.S. House incumbents who are white came from Black donors compared with 8% of the funds contributed to Democratic U.S. House incumbent candidates who are Black women.
Read here the full article published by Center for American Women and Politics on 16 September 2024.
Image credits: Center for American Women and Politics
Men are far outpacing women in the total amount contributed in 2024 congressional races, according to a new analysis from The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. The latest insights from CAWP’s Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024 project come from a nationwide analysis of donors to congressional races on the Donor Gaps: Demographics Analysis page of Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2024.
Analyzing data from election 2024 donations made during calendar year 2024 to all major party congressional candidates in the running as of July 15, 2024, CAWP researchers find that:
■The total amount contributed by men to 2024 congressional candidates vastly exceeds the amount contributed by women. Men have provided 63% of all money contributed to congressional candidates with 37% provided by women.
■However, women fare better as a proportion of unique donors to congressional candidates than as a proportion of total money contributed. Women constitute 52% of unique donors to congressional candidates.
■Women are providing a higher share of the total amount contributed to Democratic than Republican congressional candidates. Whereas women have contributed 42% of all money given to Democratic congressional candidates, women have only contributed 29% of all money given to Republican congressional candidates.
■Women from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups are especially underrepresented as donors to congressional candidates:
⦿Black women have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Latinas have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Asian American women have donated just 1% of all money contributed to 2024 congressional candidates.
⦿Women have donated 45% of all money contributed to Democratic women congressional candidates compared with 41% of all money contributed to Democratic men congressional candidates.
⦿Women have donated 30% of all money contributed to Republican women congressional candidates compared with 28% of all money contributed to Republican men congressional candidates.
⦿For example, 2% of the money raised by Democratic women U.S. House incumbents who are white came from Black donors compared with 8% of the funds contributed to Democratic U.S. House incumbent candidates who are Black women.
Read here the full article published by Center for American Women and Politics on 16 September 2024.
Image credits: Center for American Women and Politics
