Election
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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