States That Donate the Most to Presidential Campaigns
By: 
Photo: David Frazier | Getty Images
Contribution per household: $5.91 Total political contributions statewide: $1,518,693 Total number of households statewide: 256,922 Vermont's progressive politics are very similar to those shared by its fellow New England states. The state is so progressive, in fact, that its junior senator, Bernie Sanders, happily describes himself as a socialist It should come as no surprise then that the state's donations to presidential campaigns go lopsidedly to the Democrats, who received $1,280,805 of the
Photo: Panoramic Images | Getty Images
Contribution per household: $7.00 Total political contributions statewide: $9,521,770 Total number of households statewide: 1,358,809 Connecticut is a state with deep ties to the financial sector, due to its proximity to Wall Street, its wealth of insurance companies and its hedge funds. Although it is a traditionally blue state, donations to Republican candidates were much greater than those given to the Democrats. Republican candidates received a total of $6,056,800 from the state, while the D
Photo: Travelpix Ltd | The Image Bank | Getty Images
Contribution per household: $7.09 Total political contributions statewide: $17,878,370 Total number of households statewide: 2,520,419 A traditionally liberal state, Massachusetts has been a Democratic Party stronghold for years, despite electing the occasional Republican senator or governor. Of the $17,878,370 in presidential contributions made in the state in 2012, $11,111,345 went to the Democrats and $6,744,857 went to Republican candidates, in particular its former governor, Mitt Romney.
Photo: William Floyd Holdman, Jr. | Photolibrary | Getty Images
Contribution per household: $7.25 Total political contributions statewide: $6,379,445 Total number of households statewide: 880,025 Desert-bound Utah has a relatively low number of households but still made it to the third slot in terms of political contributions, with the majority of donations going to Republican candidates. According to the FEC data, President Obama received $868,565, whereas Republicans hauled in approximately $5.5 million, with Romney received $4.8 million from donors.
Photo: Chris Pritchard | Photodisc | Getty Images
Contribution per household: $8.46 Total political contributions statewide: $40,198,120 Total number of households statewide: 4,752,857 In Illinois, Chicago, the third-largest city in America, plays a key role in ratcheting up the number of households in this populous state. The breakdown of donations to presidential campaigns in this Midwestern capital skew heavily Democratic, with approximately $32.1 million going to the Obama campaign and approximately $8 million to Republicans. Of the Republi
The states that donate the most in total to presidential campaigns are the most populous, like California. When the same data is crunched to determine a per-household basis, states with small populations are among the largest donors.
