Brevard Donates Most To Paul Out Of GOP Candidates
Brevard County residents donated more to the Ron Paul
presidential campaign than any other Republican Presidential Primary
candidate according to data from the Federal Elections Commission as of
September 30, 2011.
This is not surprising given the large amount of active and retired military residents in Brevard County. Nationwide, retired and active military personnel donate to the Ron Paul campaign at a 4 to 1 ratio over Mitt Romney.
Ron Paul's appeal to military personnel could be due to his strict
interpretation of the U.S. Constitution along with a non-interventionist
U.S. foreign policy when it comes to other foreign countries' disputes
amongst one another.
This unprecedented shift in donations in Brevard County from traditional candidates to the Ron Paul
campaign could also serve as a bell weather to local political
candidates as to which issues should be addressed if they hope to gain
both donations and votes from Brevard County Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents.
Statewide, Mitt Romney leads mainly due to large campaign contributions coming mostly from South Florida.
Here is breakdown based on the most recent available data:
BREVARD COUNTY DONATIONS:
| $15,719 | Paul, Ron | ||
| $12,937 | Cain, Herman | ||
| $12,350 | Romney, Mitt | ||
| $6,543 | Bachmann, Michele | ||
| $6,000 | Pawlenty, Tim | ||
| $2,750 | Perry, Rick | ||
| $1,650 | Gingrich, Newt | ||
| $500 | Santorum, Rick | ||
| $300 | Terry, Randall A | ||
| $250 | Huntsman, Jon |
FLORIDA DONATIONS:
Mitt Romney $2,434,111
| Rick Perry | $733,882 |
| Ron Paul | $363,613 |
| Tim Pawlenty | $221,823 |
| Newt Gingrich | $194,640 |
| Herman Cain | $187,185 |
| Jon Huntsman | $184,223 |
| Michele Bachmann | $109,786 |
| Rick Santorum | $101,813 |
| Gary Johnson | $17,450 |
| Fred Karger | $500 |
| Randall A Terry | $300 |
| Thaddeus G. McCotter | $250 |
