Top contributor sources for Obama and Romney.
(Credit: OpenSecrets.org)
President Obama's campaign is getting financial help from people associated with two big tech firms: Microsoft and Google.
Following the University of California, those companies were listed as the second and third top contributors to his re-election campaign by OpenSecrets.org, followed by the lawfirm of DLA Piper and Harvard University.
Mitt Romney's list is a who's who of Wall Street: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Credit Suisse Group.
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The money did not come from the organizations themselves, but from political action committees, individual employees, owners, and family members, and includes subsidiaries and affiliates, the site says.
Overall, Obama has raised $348... [Read more]
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