Who has raised the most money in each State?

[gateley]

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/toprecipYTD/toprecip.asp

[Diamond Dave]

1. Does it matter? n/t

[gateley]

2. I found it interesting which states were predominantly supporting (financially)

which candidate - Dem and Rep. And no, it doesn't matter but it kind of gives an indication of how each state might go.

[gateley]

3. And Welcome to DU!

Great to have you here! :hi:

[Diamond Dave]

5. Thank you. Stay safe and warm tonight. n/t

[Lucinda]

4. Thanks for the link gateley! Gross. I live in a Freddo state.

[gateley]

6. Yeah -- I was surprised he was the leading recipient in ANY State! nt

[Lucinda]

7. It shocked me. :)

And that's hard to do.

[Quixote1818]

8. Some of these are interesting. For instance Montana gave mostly to Edwards

as did Alabama. Romney got the most support from Michigan. Georgia went to Obama and Oklahoma to Clinton????

[1corona4u]

9. I was puzzled by Colorado & WA myself...

what's the connection there?

[Quixote1818]

12. Nebraska and N. Dakota also went to Obama

Strange :yoiks:

[gateley]

15. I'm not surprised about Washington at all. I'm a Washingtonian and I'd be

surprised if there weren't a lot of Obama supporters. What DID surprise me, though, was looking back over the past quarters that Romney was actually in the lead at one time. I find that very disturbing.....

[gateley]

10. I was also surprised to see Oregon with such strong support for Romney.

AND, if you compare with the Third Quarter, how many states have moved from Giuliani being the top contribution-getter, to Romney.

[samplegirl]

11. Mitt Romney in Ohio

Good Grief!

[Quixote1818]

13. Does Ohio have a large Mormon population? nt

[samplegirl]

14. No not really....

Just a lot of religious zealots. A strong wealthy class that would support any Republican. This better not translate into votes. What in the Hell are people thinking in Ohio?

[Quixote1818]

16. Are Diebold's general offices in Ohio?

:tinfoilhat:

[samplegirl]

17. Yes

and Im sure that has much to with it. I'm still looking at this chart and shaking my head.