How Much Are My Neighbors Donating to Political Campaigns?

Ever wonder how much money your neighborhood has donated to political parties?

Fundrace, a Huffington Post website, uses Federal Election Commission and U.S. Census Bureau data to keep tabs on local donations, available for public review.

The site allows users to track the total dollar amount donated using an interactive map to isolate individual donations, or by searching on a city or zip code level for total donations over an area.

Not surprisingly, given the region's past voting records, the majority of donations made in 2010 have gone to the Democratic party in Ardmore, Wynnewood and Merion.

The Ardmore zip code, 19003, has donated $42,892 to Democratic candidates so far for the 2010 elections, according to Fundrace. The number represents 70 percent of the total donations made in the area, down from 82 percent of donations to Democratic candidates in 2008. The overall donations are also significantly down ($104,197 was donated to Democratic candidates in 2008), although with a little under a month before the elections, there is time for the contribution totals to change significantly. 

Just under $19,000 was donated to Republican candidates so far in 2010 in Ardmore, making the grand total $61,638 from 157 reported contributions according to Fundrace.

The numbers in Wynnewood tell a similar story. Political donations in the 19096 zip code total $159,594 from 312 recorded contributions, 85 percent of which went to Democratic candidates. In 2008, the total contributions made to either party settled at $351,637, with 88 percent going to Democrats.

Merion also leans heavily Democratic in terms of campaign contributions. Donations in the 19066 zip code total $102,405 so far in 2010, 74 percent of which were made to Democratic candidates. The leftward lean is less pronounced in Merion than it was in 2008, when 86 percent of campaign contributions were made to Democratic candidates. The totals are also down from $242,370 in donations to either party in 2008.

To check out other areas or focus on specific neighborhoods, check out the Fundrace map to conduct your own searches.