See which companies donate primarily to Republican and Democratic campaigns

[Christa]

making processes. This fun interactive graphic allows you to see which companies donate primarily to Republican and Democratic campaigns, and which straddle the political fence. These are the companies with the largest total contribution:

Pharmaceuticals:




The most Democratic leaning:



http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/



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[orpupilofnature57]

1. And anybody blind to that , is to ignorant or bought, to talk to.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a cool set of charts!

It makes it ultra-easy to see just how the companies line up!

Thank you, and I'm bookmarking this for future reference.

K&R

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. I'm actually surprised to see HBO on the good list

Considering they're owned by the hideously right wing TimeWarner corporate beast.

[Tumbulu]

4. as you can see the big money goes to the repugs and the little companies

give to the dems. I bet the dem contribution amounts to 1/100 of the repug. The profit margin on pharmaceuticals used to be 90%, so they have lots to give. What do you think a modest company like Burt's Bees has to give compared to Pfizer or Merk? Yikes.