| Since 2011, securities & investment industry has donated about $18.3 million to Romney's campaign While lawyers are top non-retired backers of
President Barack Obama’s campaign, the largest backers of Republican
contender Mitt Romney are in the securities and investment industry.
Lawyers/law firms have contributed about $22.5 million to Obama’s
campaign, while the securities and investment industry has donated about
$18.3 million to Romney’s campaign, according to recent data from the
Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group based in
Washington. “Clearly, the financial industry thinks that Romney is one
of them. He came from their world, he understands it very well, and they
believe that he is going to be more sympathetic to their interests,”
said Viveca Novak, editorial and communications director at the Center
for Responsive Politics. She added that parts of a wide variety of
sectors support Obama. “He is not as clearly identified with any one
sector as Romney is,” Novak said.
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