Is Ron Paul the candidate with the most machismo? There’s certainly something about him that appeals to others of the male persuasion.

According to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics , approximately 83 percent of the money Paul has raised from donors who gave more than $200 has come from men. That’s more than any other major presidential candidate.

Republican-turned-Libertarian Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, ranks behind Paul as the candidate most popular with men, financially speaking. They account for an estimated 78 percent of what he’s brought in. At the other end of the spectrum, President Barack Obama comes the closest to gender parity in terms of campaign cash: 44 percent of his money has come from women, 56 percent from men, according to the Center’s estimates. Campaigns must disclose the name, address, employer and occupation of only those donors who give more than $200. Those itemized records are the basis for the Center’s estimates, although not every donation can be classified by gender.

Overall, men account for about 72 percent of all money raised by federal-level candidates since January 2011, according to the Center’s calculations

That means that, among the current crop of GOP candidates still in the race, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have both collected above-average amounts of money from women. Romney has relied on women for about 30 percent of his itemized contributions, while Santorum has raised about 32 percent of his itemized contributions from women.

Meanwhile, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich , like Paul, has seen above average support from men. About 77 percent of the money Gingrich has raised from people giving in excess of $200 has come from men.

Here is a table detailing the estimated percentage of campaign cash each presidential campaign has raised from men and women.

Candidate % Female % Male Paul, Ron 17% 83% Johnson, Gary 22% 78% Gingrich, Newt 23% 77% Bachmann, Michele 25% 75% Cain, Herman 25% 75% Huntsman, Jon 27% 73% Romney, Mitt 30% 70% Pawlenty, Tim 31% 69% Santorum, Rick 32% 68% Perry, Rick 33% 67% Obama, Barack 44% 56% Notably, Paul, Obama and Gingrich have all raised about half of their money from small-dollar donors who contributed $200 or less, as OpenSecrets Blog previously reported. Santorum has raised about one-third of his money from such donors, while Romney has collected only about 9 percent of his money from small-dollar donors. It’s impossible to know the gender breakdown of those contributions based on public records.

Center for Responsive Politics senior researcher Douglas Weber contributed to this report.



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