In Politics, Money Matters

When it comes to driving policy for health care in the upcoming election, money matters. I thought just before the election it would be interesting to see how different groups supported the presidential candidates.

From the Chicago Tribune's website on the 2007-2008 presidential campaign contributions, I punched in some search terms for the occupations of various donors, and this is what I found:

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In every category, whether it be doctors, lawyers, nurses or hospitals, Obama's fund raising machine received more contributions and more dollars toward his campaign from health-related occupations.

But to keep today's health care costs in perspective, if we assume that the average family's annual insurance coverage costs $13,000 per year, Obama's total fund raising tab amongst the above groups would cover only a few more than 2300 families.

Wow.

Anyway, don't let all of this money go to waste - get out and vote on Tuesday.

-Wes