Despite having only four and a half months of time active as a presidential candidate in 2011, Gov. Rick Perry took advantage of his well-established fundraising network and overwhelmingly outperformed his opponents, raising $10.8 million last year. Perry's haul represents half of the total money given in Texas to all candidates ($21.6 million).
After Perry, President Obama had the second biggest pick-up in Texas with $3.7 million. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul are the only other candidates to break through $1 million, raising $3 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
Click on candidates' names to the right of the map to view their donations. Use the zoom drop-down on the left to take a closer look at some high-donor cities in the state (by default it starts at Houston). To switch between visualizing the amount donated and the number of donors, use the drop-down on the right. If no one from a ZIP code contributed to any candidate, there will be no shape to represent it.
Click on a ZIP code shape to see how many donors and and how much money was donated from that area.
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