Tulsi Gabbard, Andrew Yang, and Julián Castro have the biggest share of nonwhite donors in the 2020 race

Tulsi Gabbard.
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White Democratic candidates aren't doing so hot with non-white donors.

Scratch that, no 2020 candidates have a very big portion of their donations coming from people of color. Despite the Democratic party showing increasing numbers of minority support, an analysis of campaign finance data from Sludge and Data for Progress reveals that of donors who gave $200 or more, just one candidate racked up even a third of their donations from non-white supporters.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.