"Here’s where it gets weird: Obama was out-raised despite having over 250,000 more donors than Romney. And while Obama got $30 million out of over 11,000 people donating more than $250, Romney got almost $65 million from over 22,000 people donating more than $250. That’s twice as much money from twice as many deep pockets.
Here’s where it gets weirder: the average small donation to the Obama campaign was $54.94, while the average small donation to Romney was about $40.
In other words, there appears to be less of a “middle class” of Romney donors. The average Romney small donor is giving less than the average Obama small donor; a large donor is twice as likely to have given to Romney than to Obama. The rich give richer; the not-as-rich, not as much.
Using figures provided by each campaign, the average of all donations to Obama appears to be around $104. For Mitt Romney, the average is $240."
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Date: 2012-07-03 12:08 pm (UTC)"Here’s where it gets weird: Obama was out-raised despite having over 250,000 more donors than Romney. And while Obama got $30 million out of over 11,000 people donating more than $250, Romney got almost $65 million from over 22,000 people donating more than $250. That’s twice as much money from twice as many deep pockets.
Here’s where it gets weirder: the average small donation to the Obama campaign was $54.94, while the average small donation to Romney was about $40.
In other words, there appears to be less of a “middle class” of Romney donors. The average Romney small donor is giving less than the average Obama small donor; a large donor is twice as likely to have given to Romney than to Obama. The rich give richer; the not-as-rich, not as much.
Using figures provided by each campaign, the average of all donations to Obama appears to be around $104. For Mitt Romney, the average is $240."