<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7cd59c6f-bfb1-4bc3-9997-a5f0684c576a/FE1CABD4-19A1-49F4-8BDD-75A7EA80D058/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/" href="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/" style="font-size: 11px;">contexts.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><H2><A rel="bookmark" href="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/" title="Permalink">Partisan Political Contributions by U.S. Companies</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><P>Companies donate to political campaigns in order to gain some leverage over policy making processes.  This fun <A target="_blank" href="http://www.goodguide.com/contributions#sector=Computer/Internet&sort=total&query=">interactive graphic</A> (<A target="_blank" href="http://chartporn.org/2009/09/18/company-political-contributions/">via</A>) allows you to see which companies donate primarily to Republican and Democratic campaigns, and which straddle the political fence.  These are the companies with the largest total contribution:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/contexts.org/img/A07DAFBA-DD72-4A04-AF54-F443A4EC133E" alt="Capture" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><P>The most Republican leaning:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/contexts.org/img/805F4360-F7A2-450A-B68E-F65705EF5337" alt="Capturerep" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><P>The most Democratic leaning:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/contexts.org/img/156013B8-DF86-483C-A760-9399348CE490" alt="Capturedem" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><P>You can also search by type of company.  For example, media and entertainment:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/contexts.org/img/316D85EE-5A1E-464D-B7A0-21EB897266DB" alt="Captureent" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><P>Transportation:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/27/partisan-political-contributions-by-u-s-companies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/contexts.org/img/5AB941FB-DA01-434D-9446-BEA1B9EB1996" alt="Capturetrans" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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