On April 21, President Obama urged Congress to maintain interest rates for student loans, with GOP candidate Mitt Romney showing support for the idea soon after. This marks perhaps the first agreement across party lines of the election season, and starts a race to see who can claim the youth vote.

With all of the pandering to young voters, which Presidential candidate’s plea for student votes has translated into money?

According to an analysis by The Horn of the Federal Election Commission campaign finance data, Ron Paul received the most contribution from donors identifying their occupation as “student.” He received 3,635 donations from students for a total of about $995,000.

Obama received 3,215 donations from students for a total of $584,000. Mitt Romney only received 441 student donations for a total of $469,000.

Although Romney received the least number of donations, his average donation from a student was about $1,000 compared to $275 for Paul and $180 for Obama. The large amount of single donations by a relatively small number of students reinforces the problem Romney has of identifying with the working class.

Presidential candidates have also been reaching out to young voters throughout the month of April by attending town halls and rallies at many universities.

Ron Paul has targeted the youth vote in April with numerous town halls at universities such as, UCLA, Texas A&M University and Cornell University, garnering tremendous attendance. He held a rally at the University of Texas at Austin last Thursday to a crowd of thousands.

Texas A&M student Cameron Ater donates $25 to the Paul campaign every “money-bomb,” which is an online grassroots effort deployed to raise large amounts of money in a very short time.

“Every dollar donated will help his campaign continue to spread his views because I don’t think the main stream media covers Ron Paul accurately or fairly,” said Ater. “My small contribution makes a difference because millions of others are doing the same and each small donation does add up.”

The candidate event calendar for Romney on Politico.com shows that the candidate did not host an event at a university during the month of April, although he did secure the commencement speakership at the evangelical Liberty University amid controversy from some students who were upset that Romney was invited because of his Mormon faith.

Obama has also focused his attention on universities by hosting events at The University of North Carolina, The University of Colorado at Boulder and The University of Iowa, all three important election states.

University of Texas at Austin student Melissa Dunn, who is an LGBT issues intern for the progressive Center for American Progress, donated to President Obama’s campaign even though she believes the normal student views donating to a campaign negatively.

“I think most students believe that their contribution won’t make a difference. Donating twenty dollars doesn’t seem like it would make a difference,” Dunn said.

However, Dunn believes that it is important to donate to campaigns because even though students may only be able to donate a small amount, the money is helping the “overall effort” of the candidate.

“Trusting that our donation will make a difference, no matter how small, is hard to do. If any campaign could help students visualize their impact they would be flooded with donations,” Dunn said.