Posted on 01/22/2002 7:51:41 AM PST by vannrox
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Helped CLintons get their property?
"...Donors are identified as Republican or Democrat if they gave 75 percent or more of their contributions to a single party and its candidates...."
Why was the cutoff in determining which party put at 75 percent? Why not at a 51 percent? Could it be because the 350 of the top donors would be democrates? If MoJo took the 75 number it is because their cause is week. They are hiding something.
MotherJones.com does a bi-yearly compilation of the top 400 indivicual givers to political campaigns. If (like me) you're a former leftist you expect the rhetoric to be heavy and the analysis light. You're right. However, a little bit of time with a spreadsheet gives some insight into the wrong-headedness of conventional wisdom.
Note: Jones ranks givers as either Democrats (more than 75% of giving to Democrats), Republicans (more than 75% of giving to Republicans) or Both (giving to both parties greater than 25%, less than 50%).
After sorting the data, you find
1. Eight Democrats and two Both in the Top 10. No Republicans. Hmmm.... which party is the party of the rich?
2. Total giving for Top 50 was $35,370,575, $20,7685 by Democrats, $12,070,367 by Republics and $2,534,250 by Both.
3. Average giving by a Both was $844,750, by a Democrat $798,690, and $574,779 by a Republican.
4. Jones divides the source of the givers money in to eight categories. Givers with income from finance and communications dominated the Top Fifty. Energy was last. Manufacturing and Energy were the only categories where giving to Republicans exceeded giving to Democrats.
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Top 50 Givers |
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| Gave To |
Total This Party |
Percent This Party |
Number This Party |
Average This Party |
| Dems | $20,765,958 | 59% | 26 | $798,690 |
| Reps | $12,070,367 | 34% | 21 | $574,779 |
| Both | $2,534,250 | 7% | 3 | $844,750 |
| Total | $35,370,575 |
100% |
50 |
$707,411 |
| Industry | Giving |
| Finance | $11,561,281 |
| Communications | $8,807,152 |
| High Tech | $4,277,833 |
| Single Issue & Other | $2,867,559 |
| Manufacturing & Retail | $2,816,900 |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $2,420,750 |
| Health | $1,518,500 |
| Energy | $1,100,600 |
| Percent | This industry | Givers | Average this industry | ||||
| Communications | $511,250 | Both | $511,250 | 6% | |||
| Communications | $527,000 | Democrat | $7,240,402 | 82% | |||
| Communications | $514,000 | Republican | $1,055,500 | 12% | $8,807,152 | 11 | $800,650.18 |
| Energy | $502,600 | Republican | $1,100,600 | 100% | $1,100,600 | 2 | $550,300.00 |
| Finance | $807,000 | Both | $2,023,000 | 17% | |||
| Finance | $498,000 | Democrat | $4,451,931 | 39% | |||
| Finance | $506,000 | Republican | $5,086,350 | 44% | $11,561,281 | 18 | $642,293.39 |
| Health |
$1,518,500 |
Democrat | $1,518,500 | 100% | $1,518,500 | 1 | $1,518,500.00 |
| High Tech | $601,900 | Democrat | $2,626,900 | 61% | |||
| High Tech | $500,000 | Republican | $1,650,933 | 39% | $4,277,833 | 7 | $611,119.00 |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $621,000 | Democrat | $2,420,750 | 100% | $2,420,750 | 3 | $806,916.67 |
| Manufacturing & Retail | $704,700 | Democrat | $704,700 | 25% | |||
| Manufacturing & Retail | $626,700 | Republican | $2,112,200 | 75% | $2,816,900 | 4 | $704,225.00 |
| Single Issue & Other | $498,075 | Democrat | $1,802,775 | 63% | |||
| Single Issue & Other | $508,834 | Republican | $1,064,784 | 37% | $2,867,559 | 4 | $716,889.75 |
Isn't she the "ordinary New York Matron" (her quote) that was involved in the "Smokes for Votes" scandal here in Milwaukee?
Hey, we Freeped his house in Los Angeles when Bubba was there!!!
Repost:
Strike two -- The increasingly controversial choice of financier Lew Eisenberg to head up fundraising for the Republican National Committee is expected to be a hot topic at its meeting next week in Austin, Texas. Eisenberg, who is the financial angel behind the left-leaning Republican Leadership Council, will reportedly have his name placed in nomination by Georgia GOP Chairman Ralph Reed, a former leader of the Christian conservative political movement. Reed, who is also a veteran GOP operative, may have second thoughts when he learns that in 1984, Eisenberg was a donor to Walter Mondale's unsuccessful campaign against Ronald Reagan for president.
How "left" is Eisenberg NOW? I for one sense great moments if Ralph Reed is nominating him - hard to believe RR/CC et al wouldn't have researched Eisenberg's past and cleared him for the present/future (though stranger things have happened). Any comments welcomed.
6 posted on 1/20/02 7:30 PM Eastern by Yehuda
To: Yehuda
He is still left, but now *left* in the Republican Party is called *moderate*. Since he really won't be making decisions on where the money gets spent, here are four words for you:
New York
California
Florida
Philadelphia.
It is pretty tricky to do this, actually. Usually, Jewish money flows into dem coffers. But I don't think so this time, except for a few genuine diehard Hollywierdos.
The Pubs NEED to stop Rendell from becoming governor of Pennsylvania putting PA back under thug rule. Jeb Bush is very popular in FLA but I trust Reno and her Mafia about as far as I can throw them. And we HAVE to get the Senate back. It takes bucks. And W is fighting the *good* war. A lot of people who would not generally be expected to contribute to Republicans WILL if Eisenberg is championing them, even if he doesn't agree with them on anything at all.
I think the dems are going to be mighty surprised when the doors start slamming shut.
13 posted on 1/20/02 8:56 PM Eastern by Nix 2
"This is capitalism. You invest in stock, it goes up, it goes down. You know, if you don't like capitalism, you don't like making money with stock, move to Cuba or China."
at McAuliffe: My Stock Killing Critics Should 'Move to Cuba', January 30, 2002 --- a statement which is not a good career move when trying to "lead" a progressive movement of the socialists by the socialists for the socialists in the name of the people.
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