Which Companies Are The Biggest Political Donors

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By Ben Taylor for Graphiq

Politics is often compared to sports, with star performers, established fan bases and players on each team. Matt Damon wears blue; Mel Gibson wears red. Rachel Maddow cheers on progressives; Sean Hannity roots for conservatives.

It’s tempting to play the same game with companies. Defense contractors like Northrop Grumman surely support pro-military Republicans, while organic grocery stores like Whole Foods must be in the bag for Team Blue. Or are they?

FindTheCompany and InsideGov teamed up to analyze data from the Center for Responsive Politics to see where America’s biggest corporations stand. Specifically, we looked at political donations from 2002 to 2015, then color-coded the results in the chart below.

Note that the totals include money from individual employees, company-owned political action committees and, in some cases, the treasury of the company itself. The chart does not include “dark money,” which is funneled through non-profits that aren’t required to report key details publicly.

 

[Don M.]

The CRP, and their web-site at OpenSecrets.org, is probably the best predictor of what the politicians will be doing, and who they Really owe allegiance to. Once they finish all their public BS, and win the election, they pretty much go back to bowing to the wishes of their biggest donors, and most effective Lobbyists. If a person tracks the money, they probably will have a pretty good idea of what the person they voted for will be doing. The biggest threat to what is left of our Democracy is this Citizens United ruling that allows unlimited and untraceable money to flow freely to Washington....IMO. This big money doesn't seem to care about Political Party, as they lavish copious amounts to Both sides of the aisle....so that no matter who wins, their interests will be taken care of.

I would invite those staunch supporters of Obama to look at where he got his money in the 2012 election....and then follow the Clinton campaign as this next election cycle proceeds. Those who think that "Liberal" means "for the people", are being hoodwinked.