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I found this Google Maps mashup called Fundrace 2008 on Huffington Post that lets me spy on my neighbors and see what they’ve donated to political campaigns. You can search by company and by name. After I finished searching for my relatives and famous people I started searching by company.
Remember, this isn’t complete but people who’ve identified themselves as employees of one of these companies that happen to be in the news a lot today. Overall, they are heavily skewed towards the Democrats (just like the media, right? The numbers on this tool show that to be true: of those who identify themselves as journalists gave $8,660 to Republicans compared to $101,543 to Democrats).
It looks like Yahoo employees aren’t in the giving mood lately, which is understandable.
Here are the donations of Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft employees (as reported):
Yahoo: $0 to Republicans $14,174 to Democrats
Google: $38,692 to Republicans $141,963 to Democrats
Microsoft: $69,093 to Republicans $166,420 to Democrats
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FundRace2008: Prying Private Political Picks Says:
February 4th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
[...] time-sink. Such is the case with Huffington Post’s FundRace2008. I first saw it linked over at Marketing Pilgrim, but I’ve seen it Twittered several times since [...]
Zen Says:
February 5th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Nice find! That’s what I call research
Chucks Says:
February 5th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Are you really a spy?
Steven Bradley Says:
February 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’m a little surprised that all three gave more money to the democrats. I would have thought Microsoft would lean to the republican side. Unless of course the expectation is the democrats will win and the donations are more about gaining favors later.
Jayson Says:
February 5th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
That’s a good find – could be a nice indication of which party will win. I’d doubt people are going to donate to something and vote for something else.
Paul Brain Says:
February 8th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Republicans discredited itself by politics Bush