Politics & Government
Charlestown's Money Narrowly Supports Obama Over Romney
Obama out-raises Romney across the city, but loses some neighborhoods.
Boston may be Barack Obama Country, but the city isn’t without its Romney-supporting enclaves.
Overall, the president outraised his challenger by more than $500,000 in Boston through the month of March, according to Federal Elections Commission records, but his fundraising lagged behind Romney’s in a handful of neighborhoods.
The former governor built a lead in the North End Waterfront, raising about $8,000 more than Obama’s $32,000. Nearby, Romney shellacked (to use the president’s term) Obama in the North End itself. Romney’s nearly $20,000 more than tripled Obama’s $6,500.
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In total, Romney outraised Obama in six of 34 zip codes used by Boston donors.
In one neighborhood, though, neither candidate got to claim the title of top fundraiser. Ron Paul pulled $2,500 from the 02123 zip code applied to some Boston University properties along Commonwealth Avenue, while both Obama and Romney earned nothing from donors there.
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Funds raised by zip code:
Zip
Ron Paul
Romney
Obama
02108
$3,500.00
$93,020.00
$156,097.25
02109
$345.12
$40,130.36
$32,374.00
02110
$0.00
$56,800.00
$82,014.00
02111
$701.20
$38,500.00
$50,723.00
02112
$0.00
$0.00
$300.00
02113
$0.00
$19,975.55
$6,500.00
02114
$991.44
$43,111.12
$45,870.50
02115
$4,315.10
$33,960.00
$48,866.00
02116
$2,751.20
$273,342.12
$284,181.00
02117
$0.00
$0.00
$1,780.00
02118
$2,647.90
$25,151.15
$126,833.00
02119
$500.00
$300.00
$32,196.00
02120
$12.50
$0.00
$3,125.00
02121
$0.00
$0.00
$6,408.00
02122
$200.00
$6,100.00
$3,475.00
02124
$0.00
$350.00
$24,174.85
02123
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
02125
$50.00
$2,750.00
$11,873.00
02126
$0.00
$0.00
$1,789.00
02127
$4,923.27
$13,577.00
$18,021.00
02128
$826.20
$850.00
$2,709.00
02129
$1,025.00
$19,500.00
$25,140.00
02130
$3,967.15
$6,275.00
$140,167.50
02131
$5,014.42
$1,203.00
$12,539.00
02132
$1,305.01
$12,730.00
$27,957.25
02134
$301.20
$2,500.00
$4,980.00
02135
$0.00
$5,000.00
$250.00
02136
$237.50
$150.00
$6,007.00
02163
$0.00
$0.00
$1,986.00
02196
$0.00
$760.00
$650.00
02199
$0.00
$42,993.00
$42,947.00
02205
$201.20
$0.00
$630.14
02210
$373.00
$10,610.00
$30,051.00
02215
$205.00
$2,750.00
$27,117.00
Total
$36,893.41
$752,388.30
$1,259,731.49
Funds raised in Boston per candidate:
Candidate
Amt Raised
Obama, Barack
$1,264,356.49
Romney, Mitt
$752,388.30
Paul, Ron
$36,893.41
Huntsman, Jon
$24,300.00
Cain, Herman
$16,107.76
Pawlenty, Timothy
$15,000.00
Gingrich, Newt
$10,800.00
Perry, Rick
$6,450.00
Santorum, Rick
$3,600.00
Johnson, Gary Earl
$2,500.00
Bachmann, Michelle
$1,406.00
Roemer, Charles E. 'Buddy' III
$1,335.00
Total amount donated to all candidates by zipcode:
Zip Amount 02108 $271,872.25 02109 $76,499.48 02110 $144,064.00 02111 $91,574.20 02112 $300.00 02113 $26,475.55 02114 $92,273.06 02115 $93,441.10 02116 $577,274.32 02117 $1,780.00 02118 $157,532.05 02119 $32,996.00 02120 $3,137.50 02121 $6,408.00 02122 $9,775.00 02123 $2,500.00 02124 $24,824.85 02125 $14,673.00 02126 $1,789.00 02127 $38,081.27 02128 $4,885.20 02129 $45,665.00 02130 $154,869.65 02131 $21,824.18 02132 $42,617.26 02134 $7,842.20 02135 $5,250.00 02136 $7,764.50 02163 $1,986.00 02196 $1,410.00 02199 $90,390.00 02205 $831.34 02210 $43,534.00 02215 $34,372.00 Grand Total $2,130,511.96An earlier version of this story misstated the period from which the data was taken. The data extends only through the month of March.
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