We looked at how women are hired and paid inside 2020 presidential campaigns.
Examining FEC and internal campaign data, we isolated salaried senior leadership within the campaigns for 6 women & top polling men. Here’s what we found: (thread)
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
Examining FEC and internal campaign data, we isolated salaried senior leadership within the campaigns for 6 women & top polling men. Here’s what we found: (thread)
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
Women running for president filled nearly 60% of senior leadership with women
Top polling men filled 54 % of those posts will women
Top polling men filled 54 % of those posts will women
A review of top salaries for those posts show pay equity almost across the board.
Elizabeth Warren's senior management team is majority female: 7 women, 6 men.
They are all paid the exact same annual salary: $156,000.
They are all paid the exact same annual salary: $156,000.
Pete Buttigieg regularly audits campaign salaries to make sure there is pay equality.
Across Buttigieg's campaign (300 employees) women are paid $1.11 to every $1 men are paid, according to Buttigieg aides.
Across Buttigieg's campaign (300 employees) women are paid $1.11 to every $1 men are paid, according to Buttigieg aides.
“On behalf of all the women who have worked on campaigns, it is about fucking time that this has happened — and you can quote me on that," – that's @anacaprana, who ran @HillaryClinton's 2016 super Pac.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders .@JoeBiden's senior salaried staff: 5 of 8 positions are filled by women.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @JoeBiden Campaign managers were a different story.
In 2020 presidentials, we've seen a drop in campaign managers since historic midterms.
27% of 2020 campaigns had women campaign managers
40% of 2018 Dem congressional campaigns were run by women.
In 2020 presidentials, we've seen a drop in campaign managers since historic midterms.
27% of 2020 campaigns had women campaign managers
40% of 2018 Dem congressional campaigns were run by women.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @JoeBiden Of the six women candidates running for president only @TulsiGabbard has a woman running her campaign. (Her sister, an unpaid position.)
None of the top polling men in the race have women campaign managers.
None of the top polling men in the race have women campaign managers.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard Noteworthy: Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro, Tom Steyer and Steve Bullock are among the candidates who hired women campaign managers this cycle.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard .@BetoORourke made a splash when he nabbed @jomalleydillon, who served as Barack Obama’s deputy campaign manager in 2012.
@anacaprana @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @TulsiGabbard @BetoORourke @jomalleydillon .@BetoORourke's campaign is also notable for ...
– women earning 4 % more than men on average, according to a campaign aide.
– having a "director of women's messaging"
– more than 60 percent of senior managers who are women
– women earning 4 % more than men on average, according to a campaign aide.
– having a "director of women's messaging"
– more than 60 percent of senior managers who are women
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