Party of the Common Man?

Top groups contributing - TODATE - to the Democratic party and democratic candidates include:

1. ACTBLUE - $5,404,866

2. Goldman Sachs - $1,541,008

3. Citigroup Inc - $1,257,278

4. Operating Engineers Union - $1,224,833

5. Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - $1,078,700.7

6. JP Morgan Chase & Co - $1,015,399

7. Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union - $986,490

8. Morgan Stanley - $942,359

9. Laborers Union - $888,569

10. UBS AG - $831,390

How does a coalition of big Finance and Big labor represent the common man?

A look at the big donors also shows that the BIG money contributors are giving strongly democratic. Of Donors giving more than $95,000 - 69% are giving to democrats while only 7% are giving to republicans. Of those giving more than $10,000 - 61% to Dems while 34% is going to republicans.


Opensecrets.org had TONS of fascinating statistics on trends as well as information on who gives the most to whom. Take the TOP all time giver - any one care to wager on who gives the most money during elections and to whom? Have a peek. Interesting isn't it.

Looking at the top 10 donors from 1990 - present how many people would be surprised to see that 6 of the top 10 gave almost exclusively to the democratic party? Of the remaining 4 how many gave similarly to republicans? NONE. SEE