Mr Khan said: As Kasz has pointed out, money tends to follow popularity, and not the other way around. |
Any clear proof for that? Because I really don't believe this is true when huge corporations with big wallets can donate as well.
I might believe that the number of donators somehow follows popularity, but not the sum of donations.
Comparing the campaign funding of Mitt Romney and Ron Paul for example shows huge differences:
Ron Paul
48 percent from small individual contributions
Ron Paul for Congress Cmte, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Mason Capital Management, Microsoft, Boeing, Google, Overland Sheep, IBM*
Mitt Romney
10 percent from small individual contributions
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Group, Morgan Stanley, HIG Capital, Barclays, Kirkland & Ellis, Bank of America, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, EMC Corp, JPMorgan Chase*