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Offline Chris_

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GOP budget cuts hit Democratic campaign cash sources hard
« on: January 23, 2011, 06:11:34 PM »
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GOP budget cuts hit Democratic campaign cash sources hard

The federal employee unions gave nearly $5 million to Democratic House and Senate candidates between 2001 and the 2010 campaign, according to data cited by MAPLight from the Center for Responsive Politics compared to just over $1 million to Republicans.

In other words, Democrats got 82 percent of the campaign cash contributed by federal employee unions.

MAPLight points to another interesting aspect of this question, noting that contributions from defense industry firms are almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, though with a slight tilt in favor of the latter.

Since 2001, defense firms contributed more than $23.5 million to Republican incumbents, compared to just over $21.2 million to Democrats, a 52-47 percent division between the two parties.

Defense industry contributions are not infrequently assumed to be tilted very much in favor of Republicans who consistently more solidly in favor of bigger defense budgets than do Democrats.
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I feel a sniffle coming on... :(

Tough titty, Dems.
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Re: GOP budget cuts hit Democratic campaign cash sources hard
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 06:39:40 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on January 23, 2011, 06:11:34 PM
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I feel a sniffle coming on... :(

Tough titty, Dems.

I'm all verklept.   Talk amongst yourselves.

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Re: GOP budget cuts hit Democratic campaign cash sources hard
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 06:46:36 PM »
23.5 mil vs 21.2 mil...and they're crying...talk about being greedy.
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