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The Only Chart That Matters

Nearly everything you need to know about the candidates in this election is contained in this table of their top donors*, compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Although he’s long since dropped out of the race, I include Ron Paul for purposes of comparison: Barack Obama University of California   $927,568 Microsoft Corp $680,769 Google Inc $661,996 […]

Nearly everything you need to know about the candidates in this election is contained in this table of their top donors*, compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Although he’s long since dropped out of the race, I include Ron Paul for purposes of comparison:

Barack Obama

University of California   $927,568
Microsoft Corp $680,769
Google Inc $661,996
Harvard University $535,405
US Government $528,603

 

Mitt Romney

Goldman Sachs $965,140
Bank of America  $844,734
Morgan Stanley $768,216
JPMorgan Chase & Co   $749,918
Credit Suisse Group  $588,841

 

Ron Paul

US Army $115,458
US Navy $92,350
US Air Force $90,611
Google Inc $42,478
US Dept of Defense   $39,500

 

Enough said.

*As the Center for Responsive Politics explains, the “organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations’ PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families.”

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