Party of the Rich
Chris does some digging regarding my post on Democrats being the party of the rich. He compares presidential contributions greater than $200 and greater than $2,000. He rightly points out that the article has issues. But comparing contributions of $2,000 doesn’t indicate fat cats, unless his definition of a fat cat is different than mine.
So, via OpenSecrets, I compared the parties with Republican data and Democrat data as follows:
| Republicans | Democrats | |||
| Texans for John Cornyn |
3,100,000 |
Saban Capital Group | 12,280,000 | |
| Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America |
2,944,287 |
Newsweb Corp | 7,409,500 |
|
| Philip Morris | 2,387,480 |
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees |
7,013,454 |
|
| Freddie Mac | 2,335,615 |
Shangri-La Entertainment |
6,720,000 |
|
| Microsoft Corp | 1,942,751 |
Service Employees International Union |
4,922,862 |
|
| American Financial Group |
1,819,108 |
Carpenters & Joiners Union |
3,955,949 |
|
| AT&T | 1,763,936 |
Communications Workers of America |
3,902,415 |
|
| Governor Bush Cmte | 1,700,000 |
American Federation of Teachers |
3,726,350 |
|
| Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino |
1,305,000 |
Propel | 3,317,786 |
|
| Verizon Communications |
1,218,906 |
Laborers Union | 2,686,650 |
|
| New Republican Majority Fund |
1,153,990 |
Democratic National Cmte |
2,680,800 |
|
| American International Group |
1,096,449 |
Williams & Bailey |
2,376,900 |
|
| Citigroup Inc | 1,095,742 |
Loral Space & Communications |
2,259,250 |
|
| Cintas Corp | 1,072,300 |
Jon Corzine/US Senate |
2,026,000 |
|
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | 1,072,217 |
United Food & Commercial Workers Union |
1,889,455 |
|
| Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
1,069,746 |
Angelos Law Offices/Baltimore Orioles |
1,840,000 |
|
| Pfizer Inc | 1,050,211 |
O’Quinn, Laminack & Pirtle |
1,815,250 |
|
| Archer Daniels Midland |
1,041,250 |
Kushner Companies | 1,720,250 |
|
| Pharmacia Corp | 1,037,188 |
Freddie Mac | 1,688,100 |
|
| Bill Thomas Campaign Cmte |
1,005,000 |
Ameriquest Capital | 1,655,000 |
|
|
Total |
31,211,176 |
Total |
75,885,971 |
The top 20 contributors show that high dollar donors give $44,674,795 more to the Democrats. It takes the top five Republican donors to exceed the Democrat’s number one donor. It’s also ironic that the DNC makes the Democrat top 20 but the RNC doesn’t make the Republican top 20.
So, as I said before, they’re both the party of the rich. The Democrats are just the party of the richest.
October 10th, 2003 at 3:04 pm
The RNC isn’t on the list, but “Governor Bush Cmte” is as well as “New Republican Majority Fund” as well as “Bill Thomas Campaign Cmte”…I’m not sure why you see it as significant that the DNC is on the list.
October 10th, 2003 at 3:19 pm
I just find it ironic since people refer to the wealthy RNC and its influence.
October 10th, 2003 at 3:37 pm
lies, damn lies and …
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