Let the voting begin (and the donations continue)

Federal campaign contributions, being much more transparent than local contributions, are online for all to see at politics.nytimes.com and elsewhere. In honor of tonight's Iowa Caucus, here is how A/B residents donated to presidential campaigns as of 9/30/07.

Allston (02134): $13,655 total. $7,700 to Clinton and $3,355 to Obama. Only $1,950 (14%) combined to Republican candidates.

Brighton (02135): $37,966 total. $19,011 to Clinton and $7,010 to Obama. More $ to Republicans (22% of total), almost all of which went to Romney, who got $5,950.