The political donations given by Huntington and Barboursville residents for the 2008 presidential elections were similar for both democrats and republicans by area and by party, except for the democratic contributors in Barboursville, W.Va.
Huntington had a total of $84,220 in contributions for the election, with $36,155 given by the republican contributors and $48,065 given by democratic contributors. Individual gifts from Huntington republicans totaled 56, with an average of about $646. Individual democratic givers totaled 67, with an average of about $717.
Barboursville presidential election gifts totaled $26,534. Of that, democrats gave $21,087, while $5447came from republicans. The number of gifts in Barboursville totaled 19, with 12 of those being from democrats and seven being from republicans. Gifts from Barboursville republicans averaged $778, while the individual gifts from democrats averaged $1,426.
The bulk of the Barboursville democratic gifts came in the form of several large donations for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Clinton supporters from Barboursville gave $19,125 out of the $21,087. This came in the form of just seven out of the 12 gifts. President Barack Obama received the rest of the support, with a total of $1,987.
The Barboursville republican givers were similar in their support. Six of the seven republican gifts were for Sen. John McCain, totaling $3,947, while a single gift of $1,500 was for Gov. Mike Huckabee.
In Huntington, the gifts of support were more varied. There were 38 gifts given in support of McCain totaling $29,273 of the $36,155, with the remainder divided among three other candidates. The support for Clinton not as clear in Huntington, with 30 gifts totaling $28,285. The support for Obama totaled $19789, given by 31 individual donations.
The support from Huntington and Barboursville matched the voting, with Clinton and McCain winning the West Virginia primary elections in 2008.
*The information from this report was obtained from the Web site www.fundrace.Huffingtonpost.com.
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