Even in the Dark, All Cats Aren't the Same!

A young friend  recently suggested that the Democrat "fat cats" were digging deeper to (apparently) try to buy the midterm elections, so I decided to look into just who gives and to whom.

The following are from the top 50 largest lobbying donors as of 2014.  

The name in parentheses is the largest single individual  recipient from the group.

AARP - 57% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Health Pros/healthcare orgs - 61% to Republicans (Cassidy, R-La)

Insurance Industry - 63% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Oil and Gas industry - 85% to Republicans (Coryn, R-Tx)

Big Pharma -57% to Republicans (McConnell, R-Ky)

Electric utilities - 63% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Commercial Banking - 69% to Republicans  (Hensarling, R-Tx)

Misc mfg/Distribution - 68% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

General Contractors - 74% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Defense Aerospace - 62% to Republicans (Thornberry, R-Tx)

Automotive - 76% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Health Services - 59% to Republicans (McConnell,

R-Ky)

Beer, Wine and Liquor - 56% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Food and Beverage - 67% to Republicans-(Boehner, R-Oh)

Mining - 93% to Republicans (Boehner, R-Oh)

Chemical Industry - 73% to Republicans (Boehner, R-oh)

Food Processing /Sales - 68% to Republicans - (Boehner, R-Oh)

Speaker John Boehner is the top Republican beneficiary, getting the most from 11 of these. In fact, Boehner gets the most money of anyone in both parties and both houses of Congress.

 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is the poster child for 3 to Harry Reid's one.

John Boehner is prime recipient from a slew of the groups with the most money to spend, and takes in far more than any member of congress, however, there is one Senator who is the largest "donee" from 9 smaller groups such as Retail Sales, Accountants, Computers and Tech, Securities/Investment,  and other much smaller groups - Cory Booker!    

The list goes on, but this FACT is crystal clear: Of the top 50 industrial contributors/lobbies  by industry, 36 of them (72%) contribute more to Republicans than Democrats, most of them a lot more. So yes, the fat cats are digging deep, but they are almost 3/4 Republican fat cats. Isn't it interesting what you can show with real data and facts? Good night.