Romney easily beats other candidates, including Obama, in the proportion of money raised from the financial and banking industry, according to a Washington Post analysis of contribution data. During the 2010 cycle, $4 of every $10 in itemized donations to Romney’s main political action committee came from finance-related companies and their employees, for a total of $1.8 million, the data show.

The list of donors at Romney’s first presidential fundraiser, held April 12 at the Harvard Club of New York City, reads like a who’s who of the Wall Street elite, including Goldman Sachs bankers and in­dependent financiers. Those attending the breakfast meeting included investment banker Lewis M. Eisenberg, who served as finance chairman for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, and hedge-fund king John Paulson, who shattered records in 2010 by earning $5 billion in a single year…

That track record puts him well ahead of former House speaker Gingrich (Ga.), former Minnesota governor Pawlenty and Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), who each raised 28 percent or less of their money in the 2010 cycle from the finance and banking sector, rec­ords show. Those employees and companies contributed $1.8 million to Romney, compared with $705,000 to Gingrich, $704,000 to Pawlenty and $626,000 to Bachmann.