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Donations to President Obama's re-election campaign from voters in the most economically distressed areas are up, according to a new analysis, even as the average-size donation is down and Republicans also fare well in regions that haven't typically given record amounts.
According to an Associated Press analysis, Obama's fundraising in the second and third quarters of this year from areas with typically high unemployment are up from this time over the 2007 fundraising cycles, when candidate Barack Obama raised $81 million between April 1 and Sept. 30 as the country was barreling into a recession.
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