Which sector elects the next US president?

Which sector elects the next US president? $$$ TILLE A sector-based overview of individual contributions over $200 in the 2012 United States presidential election. MITT ROMNEY Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $210,565,900 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 63м JPMorgan Cre dit Suisse Group $618,941 63,0 $792147 52,0 24,3 15,3 13.6 6,3 6,4 8,1 8,6 5,0 Goldmann Sachs $994,139 Bank of America $921,839 Morgan Stanley $827,255 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth Political party / candidate Sector comparison scale (Dollars in Millions) Largest contributing sector=100% Diameter indicates relative size of donations Color code matches sector type Where do these figures come from? What about the sectors? Donors giving more than $200 must classify their employers, thus all these donations can be grouped by business sectors. This means that the following overview does not account for donations under $200. Also note that the organizations themselves did not donate. The contributions originate from the organizations' individual employees (also members and owners), and those indi- viduals' immediate families. Agr> Agribusiness Hea Health Note that category 'Other includes educators, govern- ment employees, religious groups, nonprofit organiza- tions and members of the Com > Communications & Law > Lawyers & Lobbyists Electronics Con> Construction Tra Transportation Def > Defense Misc > Misc Business armed forces. The category Ene > Energy & Natural Resources 'Ideological/Single-Issue' Ide > Ideological/Single-Issue stands for partisan and Fin > Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Oth> Other (see the detailed description to the right) single-issue groups such as abortion or gun rights. BARACK OBAMA Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $205,617,326 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 83м US Govemment $614,665 83,0 Harvard University $602,992 25,5 18.8 18.7 16.8 i 19,9 12,3 1,9 .. 3,7 10 22 University of California $1079,526 Microsoft Согр. $761343 Google Inc. $737,055 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth RICK PERRY Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $12,795,500 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization ЗДМ Contran Corp. $50,000 Emst & Young $48,600 1.8 17 1,6 1,2 1,0 0,9 0,5 0,3 0.0 0,0 Ryan Inc. $209,300 Murray Energy Corp. $107,554 USAA $67,250 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth RON PAUL Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBŲTIONS $9,666,312 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 2,9M Google Inc. $42,478 2,9 US Dept. of Defense $39,500 17 1,0 1,0 11 0,5 0,3 0,3 02 02 0,3 02 US Army $15,458 US Navy $92,350 USAir Force $90,61 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth NEWT GINGRICH Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $7,106,060 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 2,5M Bay Area Surgical Management $7.500 Pull-A-Part Inc. S7,500 1.0 1,0 0,7 0,5 02 02 0,3 02 0,3 Rock-Tenn Cormpany $28,000 Las Vegas Sands $25,000 Poet LLC $22,500 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth RICK SANTORUM Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $6.168,363 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 2,0M Northwestern Mutual Martins Famous Pastry Shoppe $15,000 2,0 $16,900 0,9 0.8 0,6 0.4 0,3 01 0,3 02 0,3 02 0,1 Blue Cross/Blue Universal Health Shield $22,750 First Quality Enterprises $17,500 OM Services $20,000 Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth HERMAN CAIN Overall performance in receiving contributions from sectors TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $3,689,766 Contributions by sector Top 5 donators by organization 12M Jawa 12 $п,600 Chick-Fil-A $10,350 0,5 0,5 02 02 02 02 02 01 0,0 Frias Holding $16,000 TALIrrigation $15,000 Wells Fargo $13,300 OM Agr Com Con Def Ene Fin Hea Law Tra Misc Ide Oth Sources Disclaimer The Center for Responsive Politics // www.opensecrets.org Federal Election Commission // www.fec.gov These figures are based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on 10/25/2012. The quality of disclosure is different for each candidate slightly distorting data accu- racy. Time lags between published and pro- cessed data may potentially affect the results of the analysis. .N 1 In Numbers WeTrust.tumblr.com chrisroberts.org.uk 0.000 Ш И :::::: :::: 8::::::: ||||||||