Who Supports What? Detailed Information on Company Party Affiliations

What Party do Companies Donate to?

These tables are compiled from data at www.opensecrets.org.

The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from PACs and individuals to federal candidates and from PAC, individual, and soft money donors to political parties in the 2004 election cycle, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. In many cases, the organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

I included only companies that donated more than 70% of their total donation to a particular political party. The "Total" in these columns is the total donation (not the donation to the party of their leaning).

Top Donors in Their Respective Fields

Agribusiness

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
2	Reynolds American	$905,850	91%
7	International Paper	$453,907	93%
10	UST Inc	$387,280	82%
12	Georgia-Pacific Corp	$366,174	73%
14	Food Marketing Institute	$331,074	87%
15	Pilgrim's Pride	$303,826	97%
16	National Cattlemen's Beef Assn	$290,427	85%
19	Deere & Co	$258,950	84%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
13	Connell Co	$343,000	98%

Communications/Electronics

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
2	Time Warner	$2,462,902	76%
6	Viacom Inc	$1,160,598	78%
9	Walt Disney Co	$872,385	71%

Construction

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
2	Associated Builders & Contractors	$1,239,300	99%
3	Associated General Contractors	$760,137	91%
4	National Electrical Contractors Assn	$717,177	73%
6	National Stone, Sand & Gravel Assn	$429,477	73%
8	American Consulting Engineers Council	$371,732	77%
11	Centex Corp	$322,444	87%
13	Rooney Holdings	$309,705	99%
15	American Road & Transport Builders Assn	$269,468	71%
16	Caterpillar Inc	$256,244	89%
17	Fluor Corp	$250,982	83%
20	National Ready Mixed Concrete Assn	$236,250	83%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Defense

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
10	United Defense	$381,804	79%
13	Alliant Techsystems	$252,137	72%
14	Harris Corp	$239,020	96%
15	Titan Corp	$198,925	85%
16	Cubic Corp	$191,000	87%
19	Engineered Support Systems	$167,750	82%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Energy/Natural Resources

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
2	Southern Co	$1,042,025	80%
5	Valero Energy	$635,775	85%
6	Koch Industries	$602,072	83%
7	TXU Corp	$596,855	78%
8	Peabody Energy	$588,109	94%
9	Exxon Mobil	$560,367	88%
12	FPL Group	$508,950	85%
13	National Mining Assn	$507,116	86%
15	Duke Energy	$486,670	77%
17	Waste Management Inc	$459,481	77%
18	General Atomics	$411,798	75%
19	ChevronTexaco	$391,131	83%
20	American Electric Power	$388,795	72%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Fincnace/Insurance/Real Estate

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
8	Deloitte & Touche	$2,110,268	72%
10	Merrill Lynch	$1,900,326	72%
11	PriceWaterhouseCoopers	$1,801,471	76%
16	MBNA Corp	$1,453,497	73%
18	Wachovia Corp	$1,393,976	71%
19	KPMG LLP	$1,368,193	72%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Health

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	American Medical Assn	$2,105,701	77%
17	Eli Lilly & Co	$623,852	73%
19	Wellpoint Health Networks	$540,095	81%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
20	American Nurses Assn	$528,941	82%

Lawyers and Lobbyists

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
2	Blank Rome LLP	$1,372,620	70%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	Assn of Trial Lawyers of America	$2,418,582	92%
6	Baron & Budd	$1,087,056	98%
7	Skadden, Arps et al	$1,071,687	76%
9	Simmons Firm	$883,300	100%
10	Patton Boggs LLP	$874,518	72%
14	Robins, Kaplan et al	$702,439	95%
17	Waters & Kraus	$605,199	99%
20	Sullivan & Cromwell	$531,400	77%

Transportation

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	National Auto Dealers Assn	$2,592,050	72%
2	United Parcel Service	$2,361,922	71%
4	Union Pacific Corp	$1,428,633	79%
7	Automotive Free International Trade PAC	$822,500	85%
8	Ford Motor Co	$729,084	72%
9	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp	$649,673	72%
12	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	$579,575	86%
13	Norfolk Southern	$535,429	73%
15	American Trucking Assns	$445,031	85%
16	CSX Corp	$423,010	73%
20	Continental Airlines	$269,857	73%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Misc. Business

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$2,303,414	75%
2	Wal-Mart Stores	$2,005,516	80%
3	National Restaurant Assn	$981,132	90%
6	Home Depot	$716,270	94%
7	National Fedn of Independent Business	$701,640	98%
8	Accenture	$699,357	71%
9	National Assn of Convenience Stores	$582,972	82%
11	Outback Steakhouse	$501,948	98%
16	3M Co	$360,583	80%
17	Timken Co	$356,709	97%
19	Clark Consulting	$353,539	83%

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
20	International Profit Assoc	$348,220	95%

Labor

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	Laborers Union	$2,879,780	87%
2	Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$2,193,300	96%
3	Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union	$2,083,811	99%
4	United Auto Workers	$2,022,230	98%
5	Carpenters & Joiners Union	$1,932,760	76%
6	American Federation of Teachers	$1,927,124	98%
7	Service Employees International Union	$1,812,916	90%
8	American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees	$1,717,798	98%
9	Teamsters Union	$1,701,316	89%
10	International Assn of Fire Fighters	$1,659,900	72%
11	National Education Assn	$1,564,417	90%
12	Ironworkers Union	$1,493,175	91%
13	Operating Engineers Union	$1,430,874	79%
14	Air Line Pilots Assn	$1,383,050	79%
16	Communications Workers of America	$1,333,648	98%
17	Sheet Metal Workers Union	$1,329,200	97%
18	United Food & Commercial Workers Union	$1,276,034	98%
19	AFL-CIO	$1,271,100	93%
20	American Postal Workers Union	$1,262,200	85%

Other

Donations to Republicans 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
n/a	None	0	n/a

Donations to Democrats 70-100%

Rank	Organization	Total	Percentage
1	University of California	$1,395,273	93%
2	Harvard University	$875,102	96%
4	Stanford University	$473,799	91%
5	State of California	$459,636	75%
6	National Assn of Social Workers	$408,525	86%
8	Columbia University	$375,314	89%
11	University of Pennsylvania	$346,813	93%
13	University of Washington	$313,904	95%
14	University of Michigan	$285,606	79%
17	Johns Hopkins University	$252,601	89%
18	Georgetown University	$252,091	94%
19	University of Chicago	$249,695	83%
20	University of Wisconsin	$244,527	98%