Here’s Exactly Where the Candidates’ Cash Came From

[leftcoastmountains]

Interesting maps.


-The 22 major candidates running for U.S president, along with an even larger number of independent groups supporting them, raised an unprecedented $388 million in the first half of the year. This shows which neighborhoods this money came from.

The circles on the maps below show the relative size of the contributions. (All payments in each zip code were aggregated for clarity.) The result shows the disruption unleashed by the rise of big money in politics. While some large contributions came from traditional political fundraising centers like New York, Washington, or Miami—places that dominated prior to the dawn of the super-PAC era in 2010—many of the biggest checks are from elsewhere: northeastern Nevada, Omaha, Puerto Rico.
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2015-presidential-money-map/

[arcane1]

1. That was fascinating. Thanks!!