Contributions to Presidential Candidates from Rural Counties — State Totals
06/20/2007
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The Daily Yonder is tracking campaign contributions to presidential candidates from people living in rural counties. This table shows the total amounts given to all candidates from rural residents living in each state.

 


Rank State Number of Rural Counties Number of Rural Donor Counties Amount % of Rural Total
1 New Mexico 28 24 $746,549 12.3%
2 Texas 220 101 $512,127 8.5%
3 North Carolina 85 67 $379,001 6.3%
4 Utah 22 11 $322,150 5.3%
5 Virginia 95 47 $262,470 4.3%
6 Kentucky 111 41 $220,635 3.6%
7 New Hampshire 8 8 $182,124 3.0%
8 Colorado 52 26 $181,753 3.0%
9 Arkansas 70 37 $169,375 2.8%
10 South Carolina 39 27 $156,894 2.6%
11 Georgia 133 51 $142,480 2.4%
12 Alabama 60 32 $141,550 2.3%
13 Florida 35 21 $140,675 2.3%
14 Michigan 68 36 $139,650 2.3%
15 Arizona 12 10 $125,800 2.1%
16 Oklahoma 72 34 $124,899 2.1%
17 Mississippi 78 28 $121,850 2.0%
18 Connecticut 2 2 $120,750 2.0%
19 Idaho 38 14 $114,500 1.9%
20 New York 39 31 $110,975 1.8%
21 Missouri 104 36 $109,615 1.8%
22 California 23 15 $102,987 1.7%
23 Illinois 81 39 $102,622 1.7%
24 Wisconsin 59 35 $101,525 1.7%
25 Maryland 11 9 $96,850 1.6%
26 New Jersey 4 4 $96,050 1.6%
27 Vermont 13 9 $74,135 1.2%
28 Pennsylvania 46 24 $73,988 1.2%
29 Wyoming 21 12 $69,950 1.2%
30 Iowa 90 35 $67,900 1.1%
31 South Dakota 64 12 $57,706 1.0%
32 Indiana 72 17 $57,690 1.0%
33 Kansas 98 38 $53,246 0.9%
34 Washington 24 16 $52,475 0.9%
35 Tennessee 82 25 $51,500 0.9%
36 Louisiana 48 22 $51,125 0.8%
37 Minnesota 78 17 $50,920 0.8%
38 Ohio 65 27 $50,775 0.8%
39 Montana 53 17 $48,551 0.8%
40 Oregon 27 14 $42,200 0.7%
41 West Virginia 49 16 $39,700 0.7%
42 Massachusetts 3 3 $39,000 0.6%
43 Maine 15 14 $36,850 0.6%
44 Nevada 14 6 $34,700 0.6%
45 Hawaii 4 3 $26,553 0.4%
46 Delaware 1 1 $23,100 0.4%
47 North Dakota 50 5 $14,750 0.2%
48 Nebraska 89 12 $7,675 0.1%
49 Alaska 25 7 $4,400 0.1%


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