Obama and McCain Donors: Some Differences

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie's Notebook

Political candidates have agendas, as do voters. Most of us would think not all of any one ethnic group would almost all vote for the one candidate of their ethnicity - however, in this election, it appears that is the case.

The following is a list of Middle Eastern-seeming names found on the Federal Election Commission's website who have contributed to Senator Barack Obama. This list addresses only the "A's" and only about 12 pages of the 25 pages of "A's" are shown. I do not know if there are additional names that can be added to the list below from the remainder of the alphabet.

For Senator McCain: In the A, F, H, I, M, O, U and Z FEC categories, I found no Middle-Eastern-seeming names. Use this link to search the McCain FEC database.

About the names I have listed:
(1) I omitted all Middle Eastern names with a Western-seeming given name.
(2) I omitted many names that might qualify for this list.
(3) I probably missed a few.

There are two ways for a reader to check the validity of the names I have listed, on the FEC website. Using the link to all "A's" is a better source, as all of the information about the donor can be accessed. The link for each individual name may, or may not, give the amount of the donation.

This article is intended to demonstrate not how much money is donated, but rather a particular ethnicity that has donated overwhelmingly to one candidate, and seemingly, none or almost none, to the other.

Individuals who gave to Senator Barack Obama
Use this link to view all names beginning with the letter A..

Page 1 of 25
AALAEI, FARAJOLLAH
ABADAN, MUSTAFA K
ABAHUSAYN, MAAJED
ABAHUSAYN, MISHAL
ABBAS, GIZMAN
ABBAS, MAHBOOB
ABBASI, SOHAIB
ABBASI, TABINDA
ABBASI, ZIA
ABBASS, HASSAN
ABBASZADEH, REZA
ABDAL-HAQQ, IRSHAD
ABDALLA, KHIDIR
ABDALLAH, ABBAS
ABDALLAH, FAWKY DR
ABDALLAH, MUHAMMADUN
ABDEL-AZIZ, OMAR
ABDEL-DAYEM, ESSMAEEL
ABDEL-DAYEMMD, HUSSEIN
ABDEL-HALIM, TAREK
ABDELAL, AHMED
ABDELHADY, HDEEL
ABDELHAFEZ, MOHAMED
ABDELHAMID, NABIL S MS
ABDELJABER, SHEHNAZ
ABDELMUTI, JAMAL
ABDELWAHED, KHALED
ABDI, MUNA
ABDI, SHAMIS
ABDUL-ALEEM, ZAID
ABDUL-AZEEZ, RAMADAN
ABDUL-HAQQ, ASMAA
ABDUL-KABIR, JAMAL
ABDUL-RAFFI, MANSSOUR
ABDUL-RAHMAN, NAIL
ABDUL-RAHMAN, SHARAN
ABDULAHAD, SAHAR
ABDULALEEM, RAHEEMAH
ABDULAZIZ, SYED
ABDULHUSSEIN, FATIMA
ABDULHUSSEIN, GULAMABBAS
ABDULLAH, MUSTAFA
ABDULLAHI, ZEYNAB
ABDULMAJID, IMAN
ABDULRAHMAN, JUMA N
ABDUR-RAHIM, HAMEED
ABDUR-RAHMAN, HASSAN
ABDUR-RAHMAN, JAMIL MD
ABDURRAHIM, SHEHETAJ
ABDUS-SALAAM, KAREEM
ABDUSSHAHEED, ASSAD
ABED, BASAM M
ABED, HAYTHAM
ABEGAZ, YARED
ABIAKA, RASHEED

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ABOLHODA, MASSOUD
ABONOUR, RAFAT
ABOOBAKER, MOHAMMAD
ABOOMAR, IBRAHIM
ABOU-SAYED, OMAR
ABOUKHATER, GHASSAN
ABRAHAM, ABEBE
ABRAHAM, AZENEGASH
ABU ASSAL, NABIL
ABU-BAKER, IMAD
ABU-HAIDAR, SUMAYA
ABU-YOUSEF, FARIDA
ABU-YOUSEF, MONZER
ABUAWAD, MAZEN K
ABUBAKR, YOUSIF
ABUFARAJ, RAMZI
ABUGHABEN, HAYSAM
ABUKHADRA, OSAMAH
ABUMRAD, NAJI
ABURISH, SAMIH
ABUTALEB, TALEB
ABUYOUSIF, OUSAMA
ABUZAAKOUK, ANAS

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ACHUSSEINI, IBRAHIM

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ADI, ANWAR
AFEYAN, NOUBAR
AFSARI, FAROOK MR.
AFSARI, FAROOK MR.
AFSHARIEH, HAMID
AFSHINNIA, FARSAD
AFTAHI, SHAHAB
AHAMAD, CASIMIR
AHAMED, LIAQUAT
AHAMED, MEENAKSHI
AHAMED, SULTAN

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AHMAD, AASIL
AHMAD, AMTUR R
AHMAD, AZRA
AHMAD, FAROUK
AHMAD, FARUQ
AHMAD, FATIMA
AHMAD, HUSAM MR.
AHMAD, IMTIAZ
AHMAD, JOSEFINA
AHMAD, KAMAL
AHMAD, KAZI
AHMAD, MEHMOOD
AHMAD, MUNIR
AHMAD, N
AHMAD, NASEER
AHMAD, NASSER A
AHMAD, NAZIR
AHMAD, SAJIDA
AHMAD, SALEEM
AHMAD, SANA
AHMAD, SHAHABUDEEN
AHMAD, SUHAIL
AHMAD, SULTAN
AHMAD, SYED
AHMAD, TUFAIL
AHMAD, USMAN
AHMAD, WAZIR S. MD
AHMAD, ZIA MOIZ
AHMAD, ZYBAID
AHMADI, HASSAN
AHMADI, JAVAD
AHMADI, MOHAMAD
AHMADI, MOHAMMED
AHMADI, NAHID
AHMED, ABDELA
AHMED, AFZAL
AHMED, ASHFAQ
AHMED, ASHRAF J
AHMED, ATEEQ
AHMED, FAHEEM
AHMED, HABEEBUDDIN
AHMED, HANY
AHMED, KARIM
AHMED, KAYES
AHMED, KEMAL
AHMED, MAJJIDA
AHMED, NADEEM
AHMED, NUSRAT N
AHMED, OSMAN
AHMED, QUAZI
AHMED, RASOOL
AHMED, REHAN
AHMED, S.
AHMED, SAJID
AHMED, SAMIRA
AHMED, SHAHEDA N
AHMED, SHAHID
AHMED, SULTAN
AHMED, ZIA
AKBAR, AALIYAH
AKBAR, RAIS
AKBAR, WAHEED MR
AKBIK, MOHAMAD
AKHTAR, AFZAAL
AKHTAR, KHURSHID
AKHTAR, NADEEM
AKHTAR, RAZA
AKHTAR, SALMAN
AKHTAR, SAMINA MS.
AKHTAR, SHAZAD

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AKHTER, IQBAL
AKIL, HUDA
AKIL, MARA
AKIL, SALIM
AKKARY, HAITHAM
AKKY, MOHAMED
AKLILU, HAMELMAL
AL ALSHAMSI, ALI
AL FALASI, AHMED
AL-BARZINJI, OMAR
AL-DAIRI, SALMA A
AL-FARISI, OMAR MR
AL-JOUNDI, BASSAM
AL-JOUNDI, TAMMAM
AL-KAZILY, FADHIL
AL-KHATIB, ESTIQLAL
AL-LAMADANI, MUHAMMAD
AL-NASSER, FAROUK

AL-RASHID, LENE

AL-SAGHIR, YOUSSEF
AL-SAMARRIE, AHMAD
ALAGHBAND, FARAH
ALAGHBAND, HASSAN
ALAM, MURAD
ALAM, RUNA A
ALAM, SALIM
ALAM, ZAHANGIR
ALAMIRI, ZIAD

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ALHUSSAINI, MUAYAD
ALI, ABID
ALI, ALIYA
ALI, ANILA
ALI, BABER
ALI, KHALID
ALI, LAILA
ALI, MOHAME
ALI, MOHAMMED
ALI, MOHAMOUD
ALI, MOINUDDIN
ALI, MUHAMMAD UMAIR
ALI, NIZAM
ALI, PERVEEN K
ALI, RABIA
ALI, REHANA
ALI, RIZWAN S
ALI, SAMINA
ALI, SAYED
ALI, UMAIR
ALI, ZAFER
ALI EMRAN, MOHAMMAD
ALI-ADEEB, NAJI
ALI-AHMAD, WALID
ALIAHMAD, RANI
ALIPOUR, MOHAMMAD
ALLAM, AZMY DR.
ALLAM, MAHESH G

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ALMALIKI, HUSSAIN
ALMALT, AHMED
ALMASSI, NAHID

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ALSALEH, MOHAMMAD
ALSHEIK, ISMAIL
ALSHEIKH, ABDULLAH
ALSI, MOHAMED

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AMID HOZOUR, ESMAIL
AMID-HOZOUR, NEDA
AMID-HOZOUR, SOHRAB
AMIDHOZOUR, SAEED
AMIDHOZOUR, SAMIRA
AMIN, AHMED
AMIN, MAGDI
AMIN, MAHMOOD
AMIN, NADEEM
AMIN, NEELUM
AMIN, REZA
AMIN, TAREQ
AMINE, MAGED
AMINI, ISSA
AMIR-MOKRI, MINA
AMIRI, ARASH
AMMARI, ALI