[Conservativegreatgrandma]

What did you learn?

[Lexinom]

For Iowa and Wisconsin, about 75% of political contribuions on non-closing dealers, excluding NADA, are to Republicans, and 25% to Democrats.

That is not a statistically significant difference from the closing dealerships with their giving rations of about 77% R vs. 23% D.

That includes all giving, including by employees of the dealership.

That is from two middle-of-the-road (politically) states. I have not looked at New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, etc. Would expect a slightly lower GOP advantage - perhaps 55% GOP across-the-board (closing and non-closing).

What it means is that car dealerships, like most small businesses, tend heavily GOP.

Well, I've got a garden to plant today, and the weather is nice. Would be interested in your and others' assessment of the data.

[Lexinom]

One other thing I found peculiar to Wisconsin. A dealer (or former dealer) named Russ Darrow ran for Congress. Several dealerships - even ones that usually give to Democrats - donated to his GOP campaign. This skewed the scale slightly more to the GOP for Wisconsin.