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In 2004, 41 percent of donors to the John Kerry campaign were women, compared to 30 percent of Bush donors. But women are donating to Democrats at the highest rate ever in anticipation of the 2008 election. As the Dallas Morning News reports:
Of contributions over $200, half of the donors to Mrs. Clinton and 46 percent of those to Mr. Obama were from those with common female first names. Comparatively, 30 percent and 28 percent of the donors to Republican frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, respectively, were women.Because many women are smaller givers -- less than $200 -- and those numbers were not part of the survey, the percentage of female donors for all campaigns is probably higher.While the number of female donors has soared, men still are writing bigger checks. Even in the Clinton and Obama campaigns, men have given more money – 56 percent of the money raised.Still, Clinton's record fundraising day was a few weeks ago when she raised $1.5 million at a Women's Summit here in Washington, D.C. As for John Edwards, 40 percent of his donors are female.--Dana Goldstein
