Politics & Government
Who Are the Top Political Cash Contributors from Hercules?
Compared to 2008, the 94547 is donating a lot less cash to politicians and PACs this election cycle.
When the last polls close on November 6, the Republicans and the Democrats will have raised between them nearly $2 billion in the race for the White House. To date, Hercules' contribution to that ocean of money has been around $24,000. In 2008, $58,674 in contributions to federal races came from the 94547 zip code.
According to Open Secrets, a non-partisan group that tracks money in politics, 91 percent of the top contributions in 2012 from Hercules went to Democrats.
What do you think? Is money corrosive to our political system, or is cash a legitimate form of political speech, deserving of the same protections and freedoms extended to other types of discourse.
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Search the Open Secrets database for the names of specific donors.
Listed below are the top 10 contributions from 94547 during the 2012 cycle. Contributer Recipient Occupation Amount Date COFFEY, COLIN Miller, George (D) ARCHER NORRIS $2000 4/27/2012 Montgomery, Allison Obama, Barack (D) ITB Financial $1500 9/2/2012 Mendez, James Obama, Barack (D) Kaiser-Permanente $1000 10/6/2012 GUITON, CONNECTIS Lee, Barbara (D) C J C TRUCKING INC $1000 11/28/2011 LIBERTY, MARGIE Club for Growth N.A. $1000 5/23/2012 GALLMAN, BARBARA Obama, Barack (D) NONE $1000 6/7/2012 LIBERTY, MARGIE Singleton, Marilyn M (I) SELF-EMPLOYED $1000 3/2/2012 COFFEY, COLIN Solidarity PAC ARCHER NORRIS $1000 5/27/2011 LIBERTY, MARGIE Romney, Mitt (R) REAL ESTATE BROKER $885 8/21/2012 GALLMAN, BARBARA Obama, Barack (D) NOT EMPLOYED $500 4/17/2012 Source: Open Secrets
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