1) I thought it was interesting that in the 2012 Colorado congressional race, the candidates who raised the most in-state contibutions also raised the some of the least out-of-state contributions. However, as I thought about this trend it made sense because Mike Coffman, who raised the most in-state funds, would have to focus all his fundraising efforts within Colorado and would have little to no time to work outside state borders. This explains why he was ranked third to last in out-of-state contributions.
2) Contributions to candidates, overall, were much higher than contributions to political parties. This backs up my notion that people get much more riled up and inspired by specific people than by an ideology. While many people support one party completely, oftentimes regardless of the candidate, they are still moved to contribute on a much larger scale to an individual person than to the party as a whole.
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