New York City Money
Fundrace's database of political contributions says less about political affiliation than it does about the distribution of wealth in New York. The heaviest concentrations of donors are on the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, and Wall Street. (Many executives give their work addresses when making political contributions.) But note a few neighborhood variations. Democratic candidates such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama garner support from gayish neighborhoods such as Chelsea and the West Village, and bohemian-bourgeois Park Slope, in Brooklyn. It's a pity that Fundrace doesn't allow a search by candidate: Obama's Brooklyn support must be much more evident than Hillary's. Here's a bet: if Obama loses New York, we'll hear how the endorsements of the cultural elite, and the bohemian vote, actually cost him the election. (Click the thumb for detail of the map.)