Romney's contribution support is almost all from the rich, and it's maxxing out
The vast majority of money that Romney has brought in has been large donations, and a substantial portion of same have contributed their annual max to the campaign ($2500).
Of course, Romney has $200MM of his own money to throw around. More importantly, he has SCOTUS to thank for a bottomless well of funding:
"Romney has a weapon that no candidate had in 2008: Super PACs. Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, those rich donors who want to help out Romney with more than $2,500 can cut a check as gaudy as they want to an independent group called Restore Our Future, which is run by his former staffers. And that’s exactly what they’re doing. Not only did Romney’s Super PAC outraise all its rivals in 2012, but the vast majority of the donations were over $100,000."
Best election money can try to buy. #ddtb
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Big trouble ahead for Mitt on the money front?
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