Forum Post: Campaign Finance totals(including top 20 donors for 1989-now)
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 30, 2011, 1:58 p.m. EST by bronxj
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Top 20 All-Time Donors, 1989-2012 http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A
1 ActBlue $55,745,059
2 AT&T Inc $47,571,779
3 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $46,167,658
4 National Assn of Realtors $40,718,176
5.Service Employees International Union $37,634,367
6 National Education Assn $37,051,378
7 Goldman Sachs $35,790,579
8 American Assn for Justice $34,715,804
9 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $34,292,471
10 Laborers Union $31,876,950
11 American Federation of Teachers $31,681,366
12 Teamsters Union $31,285,842
13 Carpenters & Joiners Union $30,769,258
14 Communications Workers of America $30,192,447
15 Citigroup Inc $28,842,146
16 American Medical Assn $27,880,935
17 United Auto Workers $27,539,652
18 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $27,344,608
19 National Auto Dealers Assn $26,966,358
20 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $26,879,727
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list_stfed.php?order=A Top National Donors 2008 election Based on Combined State and Federal Contributions, 2007-2008
1 National Education Assn Total $56,228,408 Federal $2,676,297 State $53,552,11
2 Pechanga Band of Mission Indians Total $43,969,951 Federal $599,754 State $43,370,197
3 Penn National Gaming Total $40,557,472 Federal $65,100 State $40,492,372
4 Morongo Band of Mission Indians Total $39,063,909 Federal $600,312 State $38,463,597
5 Community Financial Services Assn Total $34,841,693 Federal $198,760 state $34,642,933
6 Service Employees International Union Total 30,405,549 Federal $2,921,463 State $27,484,086
7 National Assn of Realtors Total $28,788,109 Federal $4,888,640 State$23,899,469
8 Lakes Entertainment Total $25,694,898 Federal $2,000 State$25,692,898
9 Tribes for fair Play Total 24,754,413 Federal $0 State $24,754,413
10 ActBlue Total $23,184,380 Federal $23,184,380 State $0
Federal PAC Contributions 2010 Election Cycle http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/list.php
Unions Total Amount: $63,665,882
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Total Amount: $62,909,712
Ideological/Single-Issue Total Amount: $60,279,974
Health Total Amount: $54,641,685
Misc business Associations Total Amount: $37,791,850
Energy & Natural Resources Total Amount: $28,858,057
Agribusiness Total Amount: $22,950,208
Transportation Total Amount: $21,118,906
Lawyers & Lobbyists Total Amount: $15,916,526
Construction Total Amount: $15,534,354
Defense Total Amount: $14,263,964
Whats amazing is the amount of money coming from "legal casino gambling". Incredible the amounts of money that is pouring into the hands of our elected officials from gambling interests. That has to be a clear indication of laundered money. Cash comes into the casino's and lands in the hands of politicians in Washington. Who knows where that money comes from. This is where our country has been hijacked. The banks took what was given to them. They profited, but the real problem is the corruption in Washington.
I don't believe its laundered money. For instance, Penn national is a publicly traded company which took in $687,000,000 in revenue in its last quarter.
Where do you think that $687,000,000 comes from? They have interests in gaming facilities all over the country. Casino's take cash. This should be very clear...
Well that's... sobering...
http://www.opensecrets.org is a really useful site for educating yourself about money in politics