Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Who is really buying elections?


RankOrganizationTotal '89-'14Dem %Repub %
155Vivendi$6,110,06860%33%
154Andersen$6,495,97037%62%
153Enron Corp$6,694,44328%71%
152BP$7,095,39830%69%
151Bear Stearns$7,384,17355%43%
150Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp$7,707,23931%67%
149MCI Inc$7,794,63645%54%
148Bristol-Myers Squibb$8,066,80723%75%
147Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn$8,360,07973%25%
146Interpublic Group$8,444,37065%33%
145National Cmte for an Effective Congress$8,519,69099%0%
144Wachovia Corp$8,678,91430%69%
143Fannie Mae$9,162,46053%46%
142National Rural Letter Carriers Assn$9,454,10072%27%
141Archer Daniels Midland$9,566,61742%57%
140BellSouth Corp$9,655,15643%56%
139MGM Resorts International$9,665,59245%50%
138Lehman Brothers$9,822,65952%46%
137American Council of Life Insurers$9,854,87738%61%
136Harvard University$9,876,30787%12%
135Greenberg Traurig LLP$9,930,53661%37%
134Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn$9,931,18843%56%
133National Fedn of Independent Business$9,962,6136%93%
132Amalgamated Transit Union$9,977,66893%5%
131Transport Workers Union$10,035,39995%4%
130Freddie Mac$10,306,22943%55%
129American Trucking Assns$10,360,79227%72%
128American Airlines$10,480,00043%56%
127MBNA Corp$10,485,36316%83%
126American Physical Therapy Assn$10,531,22349%50%
125AIG$10,643,50549%50%
124Seafarers International Union$10,737,10583%16%
123National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare$10,784,67682%17%
122Amway/Alticor Inc$10,900,4130%97%
121Reynolds American$11,029,86325%74%
120Skadden, Arps et al$11,069,13777%22%
119Blackstone Group$11,092,44046%51%
118UST Inc$11,117,09321%78%
117Independent Community Bankers of America$11,213,18542%57%
116Exelon Corp$11,351,74541%57%
115American Maritime Officers$11,467,83146%53%
114Ford Motor Co$11,506,00439%59%
113Associated General Contractors$11,592,50714%85%
112General Motors$11,894,59939%60%
111Painters & Allied Trades Union$11,933,88085%12%
110Eli Lilly & Co$12,069,20531%67%
109Saban Capital Group$12,069,87287%0%
108Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn$12,079,70077%21%
107National Assn of Broadcasters$12,278,40944%55%
106American Academy of Ophthalmology$12,524,70850%49%
105United Technologies$12,554,48946%52%
104News Corp$12,581,91859%39%
103Human Rights Campaign$12,828,94889%8%
102American Optometric Assn$12,850,85857%42%
101MetLife Inc$12,867,41351%48%
100Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn$12,963,02340%59%
99National Restaurant Assn$13,155,44516%82%
98Home Depot$13,606,09624%71%
97Southern Co$13,838,96128%71%
96WPP Group$13,843,10454%45%
95Prudential Financial$13,881,70349%50%
94Associated Builders & Contractors$14,169,7821%98%
93American Financial Group$14,174,30515%73%
92American Crystal Sugar$14,175,95561%38%
91University of California$14,291,98489%9%
90American Society of Anesthesiologists$14,506,18741%58%
89American Health Care Assn$14,565,15051%48%
88Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance$14,630,62939%60%
87Wells Fargo$14,763,49436%62%
86Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America$14,794,59634%65%
85Walt Disney Co$14,806,67668%30%
84Merrill Lynch$14,965,70837%62%
83GlaxoSmithKline$15,098,19330%69%
82CSX Corp$15,469,73034%64%
81DLA Piper$15,538,42467%31%
80KPMG LLP$15,867,49934%65%
79Anheuser-Busch$16,096,91347%51%
78Exxon Mobil$16,142,55313%86%
77FedEx Corp$16,214,89339%60%
76Chevron$16,251,62719%65%
75Wal-Mart Stores$16,605,44132%64%
74National Cable & Telecommunications Assn$16,716,26047%51%
73American Institute of CPAs$16,930,87740%58%
72National Air Traffic Controllers Assn$16,932,42577%21%
71Akin, Gump et al$17,581,72662%37%
70General Dynamics$17,609,26946%53%
69Credit Suisse Group$17,780,04141%57%
68United Transportation Union$17,828,45087%11%
67National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn$18,038,66546%53%
66Ironworkers Union$18,270,74092%6%
65American Postal Workers Union$18,389,60886%2%
64New York Life Insurance$18,542,92949%50%
63Raytheon Co$18,933,53843%56%
62Club for Growth$18,982,7170%96%
61Altria Group$19,179,11631%68%
60Koch Industries$20,114,7837%91%
59National Rifle Assn$20,324,10717%82%
58United Steelworkers$20,328,72183%0%
57Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors$20,577,32441%58%
56Pfizer Inc$20,634,36035%64%
55Air Line Pilots Assn$20,916,79782%17%
54AFLAC Inc$20,918,48943%56%
53Union Pacific Corp$20,962,85627%72%
52Northrop Grumman$21,578,64842%57%
51Honeywell International$22,017,10443%56%
50UBS AG$22,422,52040%58%
49Boeing Co$22,847,69246%53%
48Comcast Corp$22,902,32756%43%
47American Dental Assn$22,957,07843%54%
46Sheet Metal Workers Union$23,504,32895%2%
45PricewaterhouseCoopers$23,671,61135%64%
44Time Warner$23,743,22073%25%
43American Hospital Assn$24,106,36652%47%
42International Assn of Fire Fighters$24,133,57080%16%
41Operating Engineers Union$24,558,31482%14%
40Ernst & Young$24,953,29442%57%
39Credit Union National Assn$25,604,20547%51%
38Deloitte LLP$26,498,86335%63%
37Plumbers & Pipefitters Union$26,809,68080%4%
36Morgan Stanley$27,130,08442%56%
35National Assn of Letter Carriers$27,170,34585%9%
34Verizon Communications$27,392,40340%59%
33Bank of America$28,531,92741%57%
32National Assn of Home Builders$28,846,87834%65%
31Lockheed Martin$28,881,26042%57%
30General Electric$29,849,70547%52%
29National Beer Wholesalers Assn$30,848,96035%63%
28Microsoft Corp$30,929,16455%44%
27American Medical Assn$31,301,21240%59%
26Blue Cross/Blue Shield$31,345,91136%63%
25Newsweb Corp$32,249,87131%0%
24Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union$32,613,19798%1%
23EMILY's List$32,687,36199%0%
22American Bankers Assn$33,090,52135%63%
21National Auto Dealers Assn$33,138,86031%68%
20JPMorgan Chase & Co$33,258,19447%51%
19Citigroup Inc$33,714,68248%50%
18United Parcel Service$33,818,56235%64%
17United Food & Commercial Workers Union$35,593,97185%0%
16AFL-CIO$35,781,19655%2%
15Teamsters Union$35,893,11792%5%
14Communications Workers of America$37,333,77987%0%
13American Federation of Teachers$37,680,39591%0%
12Service Employees International Union$40,114,62883%2%
11Laborers Union$40,140,38983%7%
10United Auto Workers$42,686,87572%0%
9Carpenters & Joiners Union$43,671,42369%9%
8American Assn for Justice$44,709,54084%7%
7Goldman Sachs$47,062,03552%44%
6Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers$47,787,46490%1%
5AT&T Inc$58,928,16641%58%
4National Education Assn$59,925,78358%4%
3National Assn of Realtors$61,429,52138%41%
2American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees$64,403,21580%0%
1ActBlue$121,185,00799%0%

Partisan tilt:

  •   Solidly Democrat/Liberal
  •   Leans Democrat/Liberal
  •   Solidly Republican/Conservative
  •   Leans Republican/Conservative
  •   On the fence
 Historical Profile
 Archived Profile
Based on data released by the FEC on September 24, 2014.
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