With President Barack Obama's occasional bouts of populist rhetoric, it's easy to forget that the president was elected in 2008 with strong support from many of the wealthy.
Obama won 52 percent of the votes among those making $200,000 or more a year – 17 points more than John Kerry got from that group in 2004.
In the last election, Obama also raised more money than his Republican opponent, John McCain, in eight of the nation's 10 richest zip codes (including millions from Wall Street and the corporate sector) and he won eight out of ten of the richest counties.
This time around may be different.