Well, he’s not telling the whole story.

For one thing, we already know that left-wing activists from outside of his district are funding his campaign, but also, a closer look at his campaign contributions shows that the true source of his campaign coffers comes from big donations.

In terms of unitemized dollar amounts, here is a quarterly breakdown of Powers campaign contributions under $200, in terms of percentage of his total fundraising for that quarter:

• 2nd Quarter 2008 - 9.17%
• 1st Quarter 2008 – 18.52%
• 4th Quarter 2007  – 9.84%
• 3rd Quarter 2007  – 20.63%
• 2nd Quarter 2007 – 12.04%

…which means that overall, a mere 13.66% of his total dollars raised have actually come from contributions of $200 or less. So, despite Jon Powers‘ claims that his campaign is being funded by small donors and everyday Western New Yorkers, in truth, more than 86% of his campaign coffers came from large donations.