Ademocrat running for office in northern California might consider targeting the money pots of San Francisco or San Jose. But the smaller, wealthier suburb of Palo Alto would be a surer bet. Palo Alto's residents gave 3.5 times more per head than San Franciscans during the mid-terms campaign, and three-quarters of the total went to Democrats. Conversely, the residents of wealthy Greenwich, Connecticut gave 14 times more per head than New Yorkers, with nearly two-thirds of their cash going to Republicans.
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