Which Presidential Hopefuls do Tech & Media Companies Fund?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on October 17, 2007 - 10:35am.

The Huffington Post runs a campaign finance section of its site called FundRace 2008, which breaks donations into several categories. You can search by celebrities, occupations, and companies. FundRace featured three tech companies today, Microsoft, Google, and AOL, as well as two media companies, NBC and CBS. Here are the results:

Microsoft:

The company’s employees have given $103,172. The results favored democrats, with 75% of the money, $77,684, going to the Left. $25,488 went to Republicans. Hillary Clinton benefited the most, with $41,790 in donations. Mitt Romney was the leading Republican recipient with $10,525.

Google:

Google employees have donated $157,745 to campaigns. 80% ($125,520) has gone to Democrats, $78,755 of which has been donated to Barack Obama, and $40,450 to Hillary Clinton. Ron Paul has been by far the leading Republican recipient with $23,425, which was 73% of the total amount Google employees donated to Republicans.

AOL:

The company’s employees have donated $29,655 to campaigns, with 92% of it going to Democrats. The money has been spread fairly evenly between the candidates, with Barack Obama taking 47% and Hillary Clinton taking 26%.

NBC:

To little surprise, the company’s employees have donated almost exclusively to Democratic candidates, with 99.2% of the $31,251 going Left. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have shared the loot fairly, with $14,650 (47%) going to Clinton, and $16,350 (53%) going to Obama.

CBS:

The company’s employees have donated no funds to Republican candidates, with all $18,075 going to Democrats. Barack Obama has received 55% of the support while Hillary Clinton has received 30%.

Links:
FundRace 2008