Giuliani Gets a Boost From Vice

04/25/07 - 12:10 PM EDT

Brett Arends

If voters end up following the money, the Republicans are in trouble for 2008. OK, it's early days and the Democrats have enjoyed an early advantage in publicity. But so far the states with the swing electoral votes are mostly donating to the left. Democrats have collected 71% of the political contributions from Pennsylvania, 56% of those from Ohio and 58% of those from Florida.

Among the states with the most electoral votes, the Democrats are enjoying financial landslides so far from the blue states of New York (73%), California (62%), and Obama's Illinois (80%).

Maybe most alarming for Republicans: Right now, at least when it comes to money, the Democrats are even competitive in Texas. Texas. Latest figures from the Lone Star State: 52% Republican, 48% Democrat. You have to figure that's going to change.

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In keeping with TSC's editorial policy, Brett Arends doesn't own or short individual stocks. He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. Arends takes a critical look inside mutual funds and the personal finance industry in a twice-weekly column that ranges from investment advice for the general reader to the industry's latest scoop. Prior to joining TheStreet.com in 2006, he worked for more than two years at the Boston Herald, where he revived the paper's well-known 'On State Street' finance column and was part of a team that won two SABEW awards in 2005. He had previously written for the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail newspapers in London, the magazine Private Eye, and for Global Agenda, the official magazine of the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland. Arends has also written a book on sports 'futures' betting.
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