Can someone explain what exactly "US Government" in the #1 spot for Obama means? Seems odd that government money could be used to support a candidate incumbent or not.
The list is badly labeled. What it should be labeled is "employers of people who donate money to the candidates".
I'm flagging the submission, because although this kind of information is interesting, this is a very crappy presentation of it. For an example of a better presentation: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php
And before this starts playing into recent popular narratives, 4 years ago the bankers were Obama's top donors. It's also important to remember that these are donations from employees of these firms and not the firms themselves.
Top five seems a little short sighted, I would rather see "Funders over X dollars". It would provide more insight into the candidates corporate (or otherwise) sponsors.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 28.1 ms ] threadI'm flagging the submission, because although this kind of information is interesting, this is a very crappy presentation of it. For an example of a better presentation: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php