Democrats spend very little on minority-run consulting firms, study finds

*This isn’t because of a lack of minority-owned consulting forms. It is indeed a disturbing “racket” that clearly illustrates how the Democratic Party takes Latinos  and other  communities for granted. VL

By Aaron Blake, Washington Post

National Democratic campaign committees have spent more than $500 million on consultants over the past two elections, but less than 2 percent of it has gone to firms that are run at least in part by racial minorities.

That’s the key finding of a new study conducted by PowerPAC+, which seeks to promote minority voices within the Democratic Party.

The PAC reviewed Federal Election Commission filings from the 2010 and 2012 elections and found just $8.7 million of the nearly $514 million in consultant contracts paid by the three big Democratic campaign committees went to Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), which it defined as having at least one minority as an owner or principal.

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