Why Your Vote Ain't Worth Spit!!!
News Media Ignore*
*Not that the American voter is
smart enough to connect the dots.
Total Campaign Contributions – State Elections
All States 2000 2008 %
Interest Group:
Agriculture $22,403,636 $31,881,636 42%
Candidate's Own $47,781,349 $54,824,765 15%
Communications
& Electronics $36,992,285 $63,142,256 71%
Construction $44,561,364 $57,520,495 29%
Energy $38,160,727 $142,269,111 273%
Finance, Insure,
& Real Estate $116,212,613 $248,357,014 114%
General Business $86,941,080 $242,197,745 179%
Governmental
Agencies $43,078,243 $229,932,629 434%
Health $59,000,464 $118,911,462 101%
Ideology, Single
issue $17,466,183 $136,275,923 737%
Labor $82,131,794 $223,786,035 172%
Lawyers &
Lobbyists $88,250,064 $126,251,424 43%
Political Parties $488,835,094 $367,908,502 (25%)
Transportation $21,155,088 $24,942,933 18%
Total* $1,487,038,247 $2,697,115,796 81%
*Some areas omitted
Florida 2000 2008 %
Interest Group:
Agriculture $2,754,412 $3,379,689 23%,
Candidate's Own $3,800,949 $2,741,446 (28%)
Communications
& Electronics $4,470,407 $5,620,202 26%
Construction $3,740,267 $4,610,750 23%
Energy $3,470,749 $6,048,918 74%
Finance, Insure,
& Real Estate $12,375,441 $20,071,697 62%
General Business $8,355,042 $13,492,905 61%
Governmental
Agencies $2,333,968 $3,936,796 69%
Health $7,214,202 $12,169,078 69%
Ideology, Single
issue $256,630 $2,669,740 940%
Labor $3,956,585 $4,801,272 21%
Lawyers &
Lobbyists $8,417,923 $8,704,968 3%
Political Parties $33,558,996 $7,577,312 (77%)
Transportation $2,964,940 $2,615,253 (12%)
Total* $112,010,380 $112,511,307 0.4%
*some areas omitted
SOURCE: www.followthemoney.org
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