Who buys the government

Ever wonder which U.S. companies are the biggest political donors?

1. Las Vegas Sands               69.4  M             republicans        democrats  0

2. AT&T                               35.5 M               republicans        democrats  25.3M

3.Goldman Sachs                  24.2 M              republicans        democrats  27.9 M

4. Citigroup                           18 M                 republicans        democrats 17    M

5. JP Morgan Chase Bank     18 M                 republicans        democrats  16.5 M

6. United Parcel Service        22.3 M              republicans        democrats  12.2 M.

7. Microsoft                           14.2 M              republicans        democrats  17.9 M

8. General Electric                 16.2 M              republicans        democrats  14.5 M

9. Lockheed Martin               17.2 M               republicans        democrats 12.7 M

10. Bank of America             17.4 M               republicans        democrats  12.1 M

11. Morgan Stanley               16.2 M               republicans        democrats  12.3 M

12. Verizon                            16.8 M               republicans        democrats  11.4M

13. Time Warner                     6.2  M              republicans        democrats  18.8 M

14. Comcast                           10.8 M              republicans         democrats  14   M

15.Boeing                               13   M               republicans         democrats  11.2 M

16.Honeywell International   13.4 M               republicans         democrats  10.4 M

17. Northup Grumman           12.8 M               republicans         democrats    9.5 M

18. Union Pacific                    15.9 M              republicans          democrats    6.1 M

19. AFLAC                             12.3 M             republicans           democrats    9.4 M

20. Pfizer                                 13.8 M             republicans          democrats     7.5 M

21. Altria                                 13.8 M             republicans          democrats     6    M

22. Raytheon                           11.2 M             republicans           democrats    8.5 M

23. American Financial           16.2 M             republicans          democrats     2.2 M

24. General Dynamics               9.7 M             republicans         democrats      8.2 M

25. Chevron                             14.4 M              republicans         democrats     3.2 M

26 Walmart                              11.3 M             republicans         democrats      6   M

27. Exxon                                 14.6 M             republicans         democrats     2.2 M

28. FedEx                                 10.3 M             republicans         democrats     6.2 M

Noticably George Soros, The Kochs and Warren Buffett are not listed. This is because figures here are only for public companies. One could say that Berkshire Hathaway is public but truth is Buffett stays relatively uninvolved in politics.

 

These figures are for contributions from 2002 until 2015 to the major political parties.

I find it interesting that during Jack Welch's tenure at GE more money was given to republicans than democrats although everyone thought Welch was totally in bed with the dems.

Oil companies tend to go right. that is understandable as left wingers favor green energy.

Defense contractors go right to the war mongers and military industrial complex protectors.

Banks tend to go right.

Media and technology tend to go left.