Where's The Money Going?

I thought that some of you political junkies would find this interesting. I was a little bit surprised when I saw this. The following is a list of the amount of money people from our state contributed to most of the presidential candidates:

1. Dodd (D) : 1,006,411
2. Giuliani (R): 528,360
3. Romney (R): 472,428
4. Obama (D): 419,284
5. Clinton (D): 397,785
6. McCain (R): 352,165
7. Edwards (D): 260,760
8. Biden (D): 44,650
9. Richardson (D): 35,450
10. Brownback (R): 5,880
11. Tabcredo (R): 2,400

Now, it makes sense that Dodd led all candidates, as he should. He doesn't get nearly the amount of support he should get from our state, but he gets a lot of money. What I find so interesting is that Connecticut is such a Democratic state, but some Republican candidates did very well compared to others. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney led the pack after Dodd. For some reason Romney is able to raise much money, but not enough support, at least right now.

It does make sense that Giuliani leads the Republicans in Connecticut because he is the most moderate Republican candidate. I thought that Hillary didn't do that great, as Obama lead the Democrats, besides Dodd. McCain did just okay, as his amount matches his fund-raising total pretty well. However, Edwards didn't do that well considering he is a top tier candidate.

Well, we will have to wait and see where all the money goes. I will continue to analyze the presidential candidates, and I hope you comment to share your thoughts. Also, the first Democratic Debate is next Thursday, April 26th at 7 PM on MSNBC. The first Republican Debate is the following Thursday, May 3rd. This is sure getting fun!