Election 2012: How Much Have Your Neighbors Given to Obama and Romney?

In the 2012 campaign cycle, North Reading and Reading residents have made more than 400 contributions to the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the Democratic and Republican Party nominees. 

A total of 67 contributions from North Reading were made to the Obama campaign, for a total of $7,414. Forty-two contributions from North Reading were made to the Romney campaign, for a total of $28,369. 

A total of 249 contributions from Reading were made to the Obama campaign, for a total of $21,141. Fifty-four contributions from Reading were made to the Romney campaign, for a total of $21,592.

The largest contribution by a North Reading resident to the Obama campaign was $750 and the two largest by Reading residents were both $2,500. Romney received six donations of $2,500, the largest donation amount from North Reading residents. He also received three donations of $2,500, the largest donation amount from a Reading resident.

Statewide, a total of $23,401,154 has been donated to presidential candidates by Massachusetts residents. Of that, $14,534,279 has gone to Obama and $7,896,545 has gone to Romney. The rest has gone to other candidates, primarily Ron Paul ($369,583) and others who ran against Romney in the Republican primary.

Patch has created an interactive database so you can see how much your neighbors are donating to the presidential campaign—and to which candidate they’re writing their checks. We’ve included communities across Massachusetts, so if you want to see what the campaign contributions in nearby towns are like, go right ahead.

The information in the database was downloaded from the Federal Election Commission’s website. The data is based on quarterly reports, and is current through July. The data will be updated in mid-October.