The party of the hard working class

For Friday's Comment is free I wrote: 'The biggest donors to John McCain's presidential campaign are those on more modest means."  A couple of people have emailed me asking for more on that and I thought others might be interested too.

So: here are the Republican shares of political giving from various social groups:

The unemployed: Less than 1%

University professionals: 9%

Students: 25%

CEOs: 29%

Science community: 33%

Corporate "presidents": 46%

Janitors, custodians, cleaners, sanitation workers, factory workers, truckers, bus drivers, barbers, security guards, secretaries, contractors, hardhats, plumbers, stonemasons, electricians, carpenters mechanics, and roofers: 75%

Please check my calculations from this source.

Comments

[Graeme Archer]

What is the "science community", I wonder?

[Tim Montgomerie]

Graeme: My source writes: "Practitioners of the hard sciences, winning solidly among physicians ($8 million to $4 million), biologists, chemists, physicists, and plain old scientists."

No data for statisticians.

[John Broughton]

Tim

I looked at the source and lost patience, probably because dinner is overdue!

Problem is the last two categories exceeded 100% and, being of a mathematical bent, I gave up!!

[Libertarian]

The Libertarian Party has nominated Bob Barr, a well-known former Republican congressman, as its Presidential candidate. Barr, according to opinion polls, could take 6% of the vote. The McCain campaign will be very worried.

[Tim Roll-Pickering]

And the ghost of JFK could come from beyond to offer himself as a compromise candidate for the Democrat nomination.

Meanwhile back on planet Earth...

[David]

Does this somehow mean he's worthier than Obama? Why?

[Ken Stevens]

"No data for statisticians."

Serve 'em right!