Campaign Cash

I included only the highest-​​raking can­di­date from each party, and counted Char­lie Crist as a Demo­c­rat. Democ­rats have the cash-​​on-​​hand edge, but the GOP is catch­ing up (source):

Cash, how­ever, is not always the cause of elec­toral suc­cess — often it is sim­ply an indi­ca­tor of how things are already going. More on that later.