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wing2000 -> RE: How did Obama get to where he is today? (7/6/2008 5:06:20 PM)
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...and while Obama has a record number of individual donors (over 1.5 million to date), the corporate donors are still having a significant impact....David Brooks outlined the following:
# So far this election cycle, lawyers are at the top of Obama's donor list, giving the Democrat nearly $18 million compared to $5.3 million to Republican opponent John McCain. In 2004, the industry gave nearly twice to Democrat John Kerry ($22.9 million) than to President Bush ($11.6 million). Lawyers and employees at law firms have given 76 percent of their overall contributions to Democratic candidates, parties and committees this cycle.
# Securities and investment companies are also fueling Obama's campaign. In the last two election cycles, the industry has favored Democrats, giving as much as 59 percent of its overall contributions to Democrats this election cycle.
# Professors and others in education have given Obama $7 million and a mere $700,000 to McCain. In 2004, Kerry raised nearly four times more than Bush from educators. This cycle the industry has given 79 percent of its total contributions to Democrats.
# Although health professionals have traditionally favored Republicans with their cash, Democrats this election cycle have collected 54 percent of their contributions. It's no surprise, therefore, that Obama's haul is two times more than McCain's ($4.1 million compared to $1.9 million).
"The Democratic Party (not just Obama) has huge fund-raising advantages among people who work in electronics, communications, law and the catchall category of finance, insurance and real estate. Republicans have the advantage in agribusiness, oil and gas and transportation."
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/nyt-columnist-obamas-donors-mi.html
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