Obama and McCain Donors: Some Differences

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 Page 2 of 25 ABOLHODA, MASSOUD ABONOUR, RAFAT ABOOBAKER, MOHAMMAD ABOOMAR, IBRAHIM ABOU-SAYED, OMAR ABOUKHATER, GHASSAN 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 Page 3 of 25 ACHUSSEINI, IBRAHIM Page 5 of 25 ADI, ANWAR AFEYAN, NOUBAR AFSARI, FAROOK MR. AFSARI, FAROOK MR. AFSHARIEH, HAMID AFSHINNIA, FARSAD AFTAHI, SHAHAB AHAMAD, CASIMIR AHAMED, LIAQUAT AHAMED, MEENAKSHI AHAMED, SULTAN Page 6 of 25 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 Page 7 of 25 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

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AL-SAGHIR, YOUSSEF AL-SAMARRIE, AHMAD ALAGHBAND, FARAH ALAGHBAND, HASSAN ALAM, MURAD ALAM, RUNA A ALAM, SALIM ALAM, ZAHANGIR ALAMIRI, ZIAD Page 9 of 25 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 Page 10 of 25 ALMALIKI, HUSSAIN ALMALT, AHMED ALMASSI, NAHID Page 11 of 25 ALSALEH, MOHAMMAD ALSHEIK, ISMAIL ALSHEIKH, ABDULLAH ALSI, MOHAMED Page 12 of 25 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