Top Political Donors- 1989-2010

[Dave]

Interesting list.. assuming that the information is accurate. I'm always a little cautious when it comes to list like this, specially if I am not familiar with the group putting it together. With that said, and like I say, assuming the information is correct or at least mostly accurate... it seems the democratic party has plenty of donors as far as corporations go. You have to go the 18th spot to find the first company that is republican leaning and all the way to 78th to find one that is solidly republican while you only have to go to #1 spot to find a company solidly democrat.

 

LEGEND:  Republican   Democrat   On the fence
	= Between 40% and 59% to both parties = Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%) = Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%) = Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%)

Rank	Organization	Total '89-'10	Dem %	Repub %	Tilt

1	ActBlue	$51,124,846	99%	0%
2	AT&T Inc	$46,292,670	44%	55%
3	American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees	$43,477,361	98%	1%
4	National Assn of Realtors	$38,721,441	49%	50%
5	Goldman Sachs	$33,387,252	61%	37%
6	American Assn for Justice	$33,143,279	90%	8%
7	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$33,056,216	97%	2%
8	National Education Assn	$32,024,610	93%	6%
9	Laborers Union	$30,292,050	92%	7%
10	Teamsters Union	$29,319,982	93%	6%
11	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$29,265,808	89%	10%
12	Service Employees International Union	$29,140,232	95%	3%
13	American Federation of Teachers	$28,733,991	98%	0%
14	Communications Workers of America	$28,376,306	98%	0%
15	Citigroup Inc	$28,065,874	50%	49%
16	American Medical Assn	$27,597,820	40%	59%
17	United Auto Workers	$27,134,252	98%	0%
18	National Auto Dealers Assn	$26,311,758	32%	67%
19	Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union	$26,229,477	98%	0%
20	United Parcel Service	$25,290,039	36%	62%
21	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$25,226,733	98%	1%
22	Altria Group	$24,643,651	27%	72%
23	American Bankers Assn	$24,048,220	40%	59%
24	National Assn of Home Builders	$23,461,905	35%	64%
25	EMILY's List	$23,391,763	99%	0%
26	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$22,757,795	34%	65%
27	JPMorgan Chase & Co	$22,514,838	51%	48%
28	Microsoft Corp	$21,691,408	53%	46%
29	National Assn of Letter Carriers	$20,943,434	88%	10%
30	Time Warner	$20,327,541	72%	27%
31	Morgan Stanley	$20,245,499	44%	54%
32	Lockheed Martin	$19,839,004	43%	56%
33	General Electric	$19,725,132	51%	48%
34	Verizon Communications	$19,690,873	40%	58%
35	Credit Union National Assn	$18,908,979	48%	51%
36	AFL-CIO	$18,900,396	95%	4%
37	FedEx Corp	$18,816,940	40%	58%
38	Bank of America	$18,699,265	46%	53%
39	National Rifle Assn	$18,209,746	17%	82%
40	Blue Cross/Blue Shield	$18,197,594	39%	60%
41	Ernst & Young	$18,183,788	44%	55%
42	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$18,111,313	97%	1%
43	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$17,731,993	81%	17%
44	Plumbers & Pipefitters Union	$17,635,976	94%	4%
45	American Hospital Assn	$17,562,729	53%	45%
46	Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu	$17,445,497	35%	64%
47	American Dental Assn	$17,371,235	46%	53%
48	Operating Engineers Union	$17,122,185	85%	14%
49	PricewaterhouseCoopers	$16,699,488	37%	62%
50	Air Line Pilots Assn	$16,586,697	84%	15%
51	UBS AG	$16,428,222	40%	58%
52	Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors	$15,984,854	42%	57%
53	AFLAC Inc	$15,832,719	44%	55%
54	Boeing Co	$15,641,085	47%	52%
55	Pfizer Inc	$14,900,921	31%	68%
56	Union Pacific Corp	$14,883,203	25%	74%
57	United Steelworkers	$14,677,901	99%	0%
58	United Transportation Union	$14,475,010	88%	10%
59	Merrill Lynch	$14,295,360	37%	61%
60	Ironworkers Union	$14,142,975	92%	6%
61	Reynolds American	$13,687,778	24%	75%
62	Northrop Grumman	$13,560,724	43%	56%
63	American Institute of CPAs	$13,367,435	42%	57%
64	American Postal Workers Union	$13,312,673	95%	3%
65	Credit Suisse Group	$13,138,060	44%	55%
66	National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn	$13,029,671	51%	48%
67	BellSouth Corp	$12,993,782	45%	54%
68	Anheuser-Busch	$12,862,221	48%	51%
69	General Dynamics	$12,566,267	47%	52%
70	Comcast Corp	$11,888,339	56%	43%
71	American Financial Group	$11,760,437	18%	81%
72	Walt Disney Co	$11,753,831	68%	31%
73	Exxon Mobil	$11,677,631	13%	85%
74	National Air Traffic Controllers Assn	$11,630,988	80%	18%
75	Chevron	$11,530,759	24%	75%
76	GlaxoSmithKline	$11,522,090	29%	70%
77	KPMG LLP	$11,478,786	34%	65%
78	Club for Growth	$11,357,288	1%	96%
79	DLA Piper	$11,357,157	67%	32%
80	Raytheon Co	$11,333,292	46%	52%
81	News Corp	$11,270,692	58%	41%
82	Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn	$11,265,500	77%	21%
83	Koch Industries	$11,002,235	10%	89%
84	Honeywell International	$11,001,355	47%	52%
85	Human Rights Campaign	$10,501,271	90%	9%
86	National Restaurant Assn	$10,354,545	16%	82%
87	New York Life Insurance	$10,274,174	52%	46%
88	Associated Builders & Contractors	$10,264,858	1%	98%
89	Wal-Mart Stores	$10,178,938	27%	71%
90	Southern Co	$10,162,887	31%	67%
91	Saban Capital Group	$10,139,185	99%	0%
92	American Health Care Assn	$10,114,879	52%	46%
93	American Academy of Ophthalmology	$10,043,708	52%	47%
94	Prudential Financial	$10,033,181	50%	49%
95	MBNA Corp	$10,029,256	17%	82%
96	Newsweb Corp	$9,957,850	98%	0%
97	UST Inc	$9,950,761	21%	78%
98	American Society of Anesthesiologists	$9,867,537	42%	57%
99	MetLife Inc	$9,867,248	54%	45%
100	AIG	$9,828,364	50%	49%
101	Freddie Mac	$9,819,600	43%	56%
102	American Crystal Sugar	$9,792,339	62%	37%
103	CSX Corp	$9,791,929	33%	65%
104	Associated General Contractors	$9,753,590	15%	84%
105	Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America	$9,698,525	40%	59%
106	General Motors	$9,678,878	39%	60%
107	Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn	$9,678,182	44%	55%
108	Eli Lilly & Co	$9,630,679	31%	68%
109	National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare	$9,610,115	80%	18%
110	Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	$9,606,748	39%	59%
111	American Optometric Assn	$9,477,163	59%	40%
112	Lehman Brothers	$9,357,030	54%	44%
113	American Maritime Officers	$9,285,471	46%	52%
114	Transport Workers Union	$8,994,649	95%	4%
115	Amway/Alticor Inc	$8,872,278	0%	99%
116	Seafarers International Union	$8,727,594	85%	14%
117	National Cmte for an Effective Congress	$8,707,940	99%	0%
118	National Fedn of Independent Business	$8,608,362	7%	92%
119	Archer Daniels Midland	$8,522,673	44%	55%
120	American Airlines	$8,467,294	47%	52%
121	Ford Motor Co	$8,453,192	38%	61%
122	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp	$8,383,535	31%	68%
123	Fannie Mae	$8,362,326	54%	45%
124	Painters & Allied Trades Union	$8,337,796	88%	10%
125	National Assn of Broadcasters	$8,218,537	45%	54%
126	Skadden, Arps et al	$8,135,046	78%	21%
127	MCI Inc	$8,092,972	46%	53%
128	Wachovia Corp	$8,059,347	31%	68%
129	American Council of Life Insurers	$7,930,665	38%	61%
130	Amalgamated Transit Union	$7,776,918	93%	6%
131	Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn	$7,713,366	45%	54%
132	American Trucking Assns	$7,704,240	28%	71%
133	Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn	$7,598,877	74%	24%
134	Bristol-Myers Squibb	$7,370,699	22%	77%
135	Bear Stearns	$7,145,772	55%	43%
136	Enron Corp	$6,548,235	28%	71%
137	Andersen	$6,253,977	37%	62%
138	BP	$6,231,474	28%	70%
139	MGM Resorts International	$6,190,170	48%	51%
140	Vivendi	$4,704,596	66%	32%

[Dave]

Oh, here's the site the info came from:

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A

[masonco]

Unions have always been pro Democrat and handing them money to pass laws as they wanted.