Well, here companies donate to the powers that be, if they want anything done. My late husband was in business for years and heard all about it. We were too small for politicians to bother with. Just find lists of donors to politicians all over this country and many on those lists donate to politicians of both parties. It would be even worse in big cities. Go Trump.
Look. I live in L.A. We are one-party Democrat here, so I know what that means. It is very similar to NYC in that regard. It is not unusual for Republican businessmen to make political donations to LOCAL Dem politicians, especially developers in order to grease the skids to get a project approved. But that does not mean you HAVE to write checks to the likes of Barbara Boxer, or DiFi to get a building built. There was no need to for DT to write checks to the Clintons....NO GOOD REASON FOR IT WHATSOEVER IMHO.