MIA: Hollywood's Power Women for Hillary

[Purveyor]

A look at donations by THR's Power 100 list (Dana Walden and Elizabeth Banks have given, while Oprah has not) reveals scant support for Clinton. Says one industry dealmaker, "We all want a woman to be president — some of us just wish it were someone else."

by Tina Daunt 1/27/2016 8:00am PST

If one thing largely unites Hollywood's power women, it's the belief that sexism denies them salaries equal to those of their male counterparts — and keeps them out of studios' uppermost executive suites.

That belief, and the resentment it engenders, has fueled ongoing controversy in the entertainment industry and in part energized Hollywood women to become the most consistent financial backers of female political candidates. So why are so many of them still withholding donations from Hillary Clinton at a time when she stands such a strong chance of becoming America's first woman president?

According to the most recently filed Federal Election Commission reports, only one in four women on THR's Power 100 list had given to Clinton as of Sept. 30. None so far has contributed to her closest competitor, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Fourth-quarter data is set to be released at the end of January.)

Experienced fundraisers point out this might be because industry donors often wait until late in the cycle to write huge checks. But one major Hollywood female executive and Democratic insider who asked not to be named tells THR that enthusiasm for Clinton is lagging and her campaign "hasn't been doing a very good job reaching out to power women."

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[Motown_Johnny]

1. Don't we all wish it was someone else?

I would love to see a woman president also, but not one who wants a no fly zone in Syria and has praised TPP as the Gold Standard for trade policies.