Obama vs. McCain on Fundraising: An Illustration

In his Road To 270 today, Sean Quinn at FiveThirtyEight.com looked at NY. One interesting thing that I noticed was that in terms of rank, NY is one of the best fundraising states for both Candidates. It's Obama's fifth best state, and it's McCain's sixth best. So the numbers should be pretty close, right? Nope. Nowhere near. Obama has raised $1.77 per eligible voter, while McCain has only raised $0.53.