Montclairions Favor Obama When it Comes to Campaign Cash
Residents put their money where there vote was in the 2012 presidential election: for the Democrats.
Montclair voted overwhelmingly for the Democrats this presidential election, and the majority backed up their vote with a campaign contribution for the same team. Montclair contributed a whopping $330,522 to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. This was more than four times what Republican candidate Mitt Romney received -- $71,369. The average contribution for Obama was about $158, compared to $811 for Romney. The trend toward Democrats was the same in Upper Montclair. Obama received $271,246 from 1,610 residents living north of Watchung Avenue -- an average of about $168 per contribution. Romney garnered only %56,703 from 76 residents in Upper Montclair-- an average of about $736 per contribution. The map, compiled by …
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2:46 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Perhaps the Montclair demographics for giving and amounts given to the parties reflect well the recent and certain to continue discussions on the fiscal cliff in DC. more ›