Campaign Donations

A total of 21 people in Hurricane, W.Va. donated to the 2008 presidential election. Campaign donations were made to Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Barack Obama. There were six females and 15 males that donated to these candidates, totaling $11,606 in donations.


Clinton received $3,342 from two males and two females. Edwards received $304 from a male. A male and a female contributed $525 to Huckabee and McCain received $3,136 from four males and one female. Finally, Obama received the most support, receiving $4,299 from nine residents, including seven males and two females.


Overall, Hurricane residents appear to favor democrats over republicans. Out of the nine contributors to Obama, five were attorneys. The locations of employment for the other campaign contributors for all the candidates varied. Some were at engineer companies, hospitals and retired military personnel.


There were nine employees of Marshall University that donated to the 2008 presidential candidates. Eight of the nine donated to a democrat, with one female donating $300 to Ron Paul. Two women donated $1,043 to Clinton’s campaign. The majority went to Obama just like in Hurricane. He received $2,448 from three professors, vice president, graduate assistant and a secretary.