Study: Less than a third of political donations come from women

[Little Star]

Apparently it is still a man’s world when it comes to donating to political campaigns.

A new report on political donation reveal that women lag significantly behind their male counterparts when it comes to opening their wallets for politicians and political causes.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/25/less-than-a-third-of-political-donations-come-from-women/#ixzz1t8n7rl9i


To me this says more about the fact that women have less disposable income to influence politics than men.


Edit to add link to the actual study: http://www.sheshouldrun.org/pages/research/vote-with-your-purse.html

[Ilsa]

1. I think less disposable income

has a lot to do with it.

And I wonder if having fewer female candidates affects that number as well. I'd rather contribute to a liberal woman running for office. At least I'd feel like she isn't likely to stand between me and my doctor dictating what services my doctor can provide.

[notadmblnd]

2. So that means women don't buy their politicians, they elect them?

[iverglas]

4. good one ;)

But the politicians who don't have the NRA and the rest of the giant right-wing octopus funding their bloated campaigns can still use a little help getting noticed!

[seabeyond]

3. whoooosh, glad i donated monthly for a couple years, to have one more in the numbers

but that is a huge difference.

this is interesting and feels like a little patting on the head:

According to Sam Bennett, president and CEO of SSR, women do not see the correlation between politics and their own desired social change in the same way men do, and they are turned off by the dirty nature of the political game.

“Women are far more motivated to want to see changes in their neighborhood and city on a social level than men are, but they have not yet made that connection [with politics],” Bennett told The Daily Caller. “In fact, women, far more than men, see the hard, sausage-making dimension of politics as something they are not willing to be engaged in. They find it distasteful.”

Ironically, while women are less likely to donate, female candidates are better fundraisers than their male counterparts.

[iverglas]

5. income and how it's disposed

Studies of charitable giving tend to show that lower-income people give more (proportionately, I guess) to charity than higher-income people. An example is Newfoundland, Canada's lowest-income province, which ranks highest (I think) in charitable giving per capita.

From the article:

According to Sam Bennett, president and CEO of SSR, women do not see the correlation between politics and their own desired social change in the same way men do, and they are turned off by the dirty nature of the political game.

“Women are far more motivated to want to see changes in their neighborhood and city on a social level than men are, but they have not yet made that connection <with politics>,” Bennett told The Daily Caller. “In fact, women, far more than men, see the hard, sausage-making dimension of politics as something they are not willing to be engaged in. They find it distasteful.”

It could be that women are giving proportionately more to charitable organizations, i.e. more to charity vs. to political campaigns than men give to charity vs. to political campaigns.

Different perceptions of how to change the world, and what needs changing, maybe.

The report explains that the best way to get women involved is to make the connection between women’s political dollars and the issues about which they are concerned.

[Little Star]

6. Good points.

[BlueIris]

7. After cutting my net worth in half in 2004 to donate

to several political campaigns and progressive efforts, including a voter registration drive, and then have it...er, work out the way it did, I can't bring myself to donate to campaigns anymore. Particularly since I did an absolutely inhumane number of hours in volunteer work for Dem candidates until 2007 on top of the money I put in.

Not sure that this has anything to do with my being a women, though, more like me feeling used. The waste of my time was bad enough, and I won't be wasting any more time. Also won't be wasting any more money.

[seabeyond]

8. i hear ya sistah.

i didnt go nearly to the extent you did but i was having monthly withdrawals for a couple years. since, i have been a tad pissed and not donated as in the past. i might, locally, if we get anyone i want to support.... in the panhandle of texas where demcrats are literally, not to be had.