Big businesses aggressively fund politicians who support legislation to suppress voting!

June 4, 2022 GlenAnderson Conservatism and Right Wing, Democracy, Electoral Reforms, Voting Rights (Also see Political Parties and Elections), Governmental Abuses, Human Rights, Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Political Parties and Elections (Also see Democracy ...), Race, Trump and Trumpism (Also see Our Current Political Crisis) 0

The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression

Since 2015, Corporations Have Contributed $50 Million to the State Lawmakers Supporting Voter Suppression Bills, Trade Groups Have Given Another $36 Million

 

Key Findings

  • Corporations have contributed $50 million since 2015 to state legislators supporting voter suppression bills, including $22 million during the 2020 election cycle.
  • AT&T has given the most, $811,000. AT&T is followed by Altria / Philip Morris ($679,000), Comcast ($440,000), UnitedHealth Group ($411,000), Walmart ($377,000), State Farm (315,000) and Pfizer ($308,000). More than 60 corporations have contributed more than $100,000.
  • Among the Fortune 100, 81 companies have contributed to these lawmakers, giving a combined total of $7.7 million.
  • Among the Fortune 500, 45 percent of companies have contributed to these lawmakers, giving a combined total of $12.8 million.
  • Three quarters of the companies that altered their campaign finance policies in response to the January 6 insurrection have given to the supporters of voter suppression bills.
  • Industry trade groups contributed $36 million to state legislators supporting voter suppression bills, including $16 million during the 2020 election cycle.

 

SEE MORE INFORMATION — including THE NAMES OF THE BIG BUSINESS COMPANIES and their DOLLAR AMOUNTS — at this link:

https://www.citizen.org/article/corporate-sponsors-of-voter-suppression-state-lawmakers-50-million/

 

 

 

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