WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- Barack Obama has donated more money than his Democratic U.S. presidential campaign rival, Hillary Clinton, to superdelegates in the last three years.
The Illinois senator's political action committee has donated $710,900 to superdelegates since 2005, compared to his New York colleague's PAC donations of $236,100, McClatchy Newspapers reported Saturday.
The report of the donations by the two candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination comes as a study has indicated a link between such funds and superdelegates' voting.
The Center for Responsive Politics study found that 82 percent of those superdelegates who have backed a candidate since Feb. 25 supported the candidate who donated to them in the past.
A spokeswoman for Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who received a donation from Obama and voted for him, denied any wrongdoing takes place in such matters.
"The fact of the matter is that while Senator Obama's support was extremely helpful, Senator and President Clinton raised well over $1 million for Claire's Senate campaign in 2006," spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh said. "After looking at the whole picture it's clear that Claire's support of Senator Obama is based on no other motivation than her firm belief that he is the right choice to move our country forward."
