Former Governor Mitt Romney raised more campaign funds in May than President Barack Obama nationwide, but Obama still has Romney beat in Virginia, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
Romney pulled in $76.8 million from donors in May, his campaign announced today. Obama’s campaign pulled in more than $60 million, The Los Angeles Times reported.
But things look different in Virginia, where Obama has raised $3.72 million in this election cycle from residents, according to Federal Election Commission data released Monday. Romney has raised $3.61 million from Virginia residents.
From voters in the greater Washington, D.C. area, which includes the District plus parts of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, Obama has received $9.59 million—more than Romney’s $5.04 million, according to data posted on the Center for Responsive Politics OpenSecrets.org website.
Virginia Polls Mixed
A Quinnipiac University poll of more than 1,200 registered voters taken between May 30 and June 4 showed Obama with a 5 percent lead over Romney (with a margin of error of +/- 2.7 percent). “Obama leads 90 - 4 percent among Democrats and 45 - 37 percent among independent voters, while losing Republicans 91 - 6 percent. He also does better among voters under 35 years old,” according to a Quinnipiac release.
However, a Rasmussen Reports poll taken June 3 of 500 likely voters showed Obama and Romney tied at 47 percent each, with 3 percent preferring another candidate and 3 percent undecided. That poll had a margin of error of +/-4.5 percent.
Nick Whitten
8:27 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
What a shock LOL! DC and northern VA have been flooded with pro Obama supporters who have pointless Govt jobs because of his administration's direction...fat admin positions that pay a WHOLE lot but accomplish almost nothing. Lets see the vote in NOV and hope the tax paying working class figure this out.
Rod McFadden
8:53 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
This is why journalists have such a well-deserved reputation for innumeracy. There's a difference between a poll of registered voters and one of likely voters; further, there's a difference between $3.72 million in donations raised from 372 $10,000 contributions and $3.72 million raised from 37,200 $100 contributions.
So what 's reported in this article could be very good news, good news, bad news, or very bad news for either the President or Governor Romney. What kind of news it is can't be learned by reading this article.