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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by humanrebar on Friday March 14, 2014 @03:43PM (#7401277)
I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors. Depending on your definition of service workers, several unions are also among the top donors.

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/

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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by dragonwriter on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:51PM (#7401779)
> I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors.

The US Chamber of Commerce doesn't represent non-CEO businesspersons, it represents businesses-qua-businesses (and, increasingly, businesses of a very particular political preference set, which is why the CoC has been harshly criticized for many of its political stands by a number of large businesses that don't share its particular political orientation.)

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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by davecolenj on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:06PM (#7401464)
I simply mean that they aren't running and winning at the rate lawyers and those with long political careers are. I'd rather have them elected than only represented through lobbying groups!
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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by humanrebar on Friday March 14, 2014 @05:08PM (#7401891)
I can understand that, but they're still in a different league than technologists, who don't benefit from lobbying unless it aligns with certain business interests.
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Re:This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman by rlpb on Saturday March 15, 2014 @06:40AM (#7404233)
It really is a sad state of affairs when representation is measured by donors.
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