Ron Paul is the most financially supported, by military personnel and veterans, 2008 Presidential Candidate.

Based on the July 2007 Quarterly Finance Reports to the Federal Elections Commission, Ron Paul is the most supported candidate in terms of financial support by Military Personnel and Military Veterans.

Units are contributions in dollars, rounded to the nearest dollar, by employees of the respective military organizations.

Source: Finance Reports for the 2007 July Quarterly.

I have included the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, as well as the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Coast Guard and any military veterans.

These statistics include the contributions of employees who recorded or indicated their military branch. Contributions where no employer was specified were naturally not included.

One statistic of note that I'd like to shed a little further light on is the contribution numbers of Barack Obama. It has recently been revealed that Obama has been counting anyone who bought a ticket to one of his speeches, bought a bumper sticker, t-shirt, coffee mug etc... as a campaign contributor by having them also give their information and counting the money as campaign donations, thus giving him an extraordinarily high number of contributors and an inflated total of donation dollars. At this time I am not aware of any of the other candidates using such methods.

Even given Obama's dubious campaign finance reporting, he still trails behind Ron Paul.

All 2008 Presidential Candidates
Name	Total	Army	USN	USAF	USMC	USCG	Vet
Ron Paul	24,965	6,975	6,765	4,650	1,500	0	5,075
Barack Obama	22,866	10,535	1,206	5,695	650	250	4,531
John McCain	17,425	6,925	6,305	1,795	1,600	0	800
Hillary Clinton	10,550	0	3,550	400	0	0	6,600
Bill Richardson	5,325	425	750	2,400	0	0	1,750
Mitt Romney	3,851	2,351	0	1,500	0	0	0
John Edwards	2,504	250	1,360	645	250	0	0
Rudy Giuliani	2,320	1,450	370	250	0	0	250
Mike Huckabee	1,750	250	0	500	1,000	0	0
Tom Tancredo	1,550	100	0	300	150	0	1,000
Duncan Hunter	1,000	0	1,000	0	0	0	0
Joe Biden	800	0	500	0	0	0	300
Mike Gravel	150	0	0	150	0	0	0
Sam Brownback	71	71	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Kucinich	50	0	0	0	0	0	50
Tommy Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Dodd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Republican Party Candidates
Name	Total	Army	USN	USAF	USMC	USCG	Vet
Ron Paul	24,965	6,975	6,765	4,650	1,500	0	5,075
John McCain	17,425	6,925	6,305	1,795	1,600	0	800
Mitt Romney	3,851	2,351	0	1,500	0	0	0
Rudy Giuliani	2,320	1,450	370	250	0	0	250
Mike Huckabee	1,750	250	0	500	1,000	0	0
Tom Tancredo	1,550	100	0	300	150	0	1,000
Duncan Hunter	1,000	0	1,000	0	0	0	0
Sam Brownback	71	71	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Democratic Party Candidates
Name	Total	Army	USN	USAF	USMC	USCG	Vet
Barack Obama	22,866	10,535	1,206	5,695	650	250	4,531
Hillary Clinton	10,550	0	3,550	400	0	0	6,600
Bill Richardson	5,325	425	750	2,400	0	0	1,750
John Edwards	2,504	250	1,360	645	250	0	0
Joe Biden	800	0	500	0	0	0	300
Mike Gravel	150	0	0	150	0	0	0
Dennis Kucinich	50	0	0	0	0	0	50
Chris Dodd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Percentages:

All 2008 Presidential Candidates
Name	Percentage	Name	Percentage
Ron Paul	26.23	Duncan Hunter	1.05
Barack Obama	24.02	Joe Biden	0.84
John McCain	18.31	Mike Gravel	0.16
Hillary Clinton	11.08	Sam Brownback	0.07
Bill Richardson	5.59	Dennis Kucinich	0.05
Mitt Romney	4.05	Tommy Thompson	0
John Edwards	2.63	Chris Dodd	0
Rudy Giuliani	2.44	Jim Gilmore	0
Mike Huckabee	1.84	John Cox	0
Tom Tancredo	1.63

Republican Party Candidates Name Percentage Ron Paul 26.23 John McCain 18.31 Mitt Romney 4.05 Rudy Giuliani 2.44 Mike Huckabee 1.84 Tom Tancredo 1.63 Duncan Hunter 1.05 Sam Brownback 0.07 Tommy Thompson 0 Jim Gilmore 0 John Cox 0

Democratic Party Candidates Name Percentage Barack Obama 24.02 Hillary Clinton 11.08 Bill Richardson 5.59 John Edwards 2.63 Joe Biden 0.84 Mike Gravel 0.16 Dennis Kucinich 0.05 Chris Dodd 0

Based on a smaller, incomplete sample of the Republican Party from http://thespinfactor.com/thetruth/2007/07/16/military-support-for-the-republican-candidates.

I wondered what the results were for all of the Republican and Democratic candidates and decided to go through the data myself and compile a full listing of all the candidates listed with the Federal Election Commission for the July 2007 Campaign Finance Report.