Election Day: Who Are Googlers Supporting?
Just like I did two years ago, here are the politicians, groups and committees related to today’s US election that were graced with donations from Google employees.. Stats courtesy of Political Money Line.
To make this more fun, I like to play “Spot the Republican”. Good luck :-).
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - $106,542
- Google NETPAC - $31,000
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - $15,450
- Democratic National Committee - $14,950
- Friends of Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York) - $11,650
- Forward Together PAC (Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia, Democrat) - $13,000
- Iranian American Political Action Committee - $10,000
- James Wall for Congress (Democrat, Wisconsin) - $9,550
- MoveOn.org (liberal advocacy group)- $7,900
- ACTBLUE (Democrat clearinghouse) - $7,150
- Emily’s List (pro-choice Democrats) - $5,000
- Edwin Perlmutter for Congress (Democrat, Colorado) - $5,000
- Friends of Tammy Duckworth (Democrat, Indiana) - $5,100
- Maria Cantwell 2006 (Democrat, Washington) - $4,200
- Nancy Pelosi for Congress (Democrat, California) - $4,200
- Anna Eshoo for Congress (Democrat, California) - $4,100
- Gabrielle Giffords for Congress (Democrat, Arizona) -$4,000
- Harris Miller 2006 (Democrat, Virginia) - $3,000
- Brad Ellsworth for Congress (Democrat, Indiana) - $2,714
- Information Policy Action Committee (IPAC) (Sends iPods to legislators) - $2,500
- Bruce Braley for Congress (Democrat, Iowa) - $2,500
- Diane Farrell for Congress (Democrat, Connecticut) - $2,500
- Ned Lamont (Democrat) - $2,500
- James Webb for US Senate (Democrat, Virginia) - $2,250
- The Edward Markey Committee (Democrat, Massachusets) - $2,100
- Evan Bayh Committee (Democrat, Indiana) - $2,000
- Progressive Patriots Fund (Senator Russ Feingold, Democrat, Wisconsin) - $2,000
- Dennis Hastert for Congress Committee (Republican, Illinois) - $2,000
- Democracy for America (Howard Dean, Democrat, Vermont) - $2,000
- Mellissa Bean for Congress (Democrat, Illinois) - $2,000
- Jerry McNerney for Congress (Democrat, California) - $1,750
- John Carter for Senate Committee (Democrat, Nevada) - $1,500
- Nicholas Lampson for Congress (Democrat, Texas) - $1,500
- Joseph Courtney for Congress (Democrat, Connecticut) - $1,214
- Ted Stevens for Senate Committee (Republican, Alaska) - $1,000
- Montanans for Jon Tester (Democrat) - $1,000
- Richard Santorum 2006 (Republican, Pennsylvania) $1,000
- Thomas Carper for Senate (Democrat, Delaware) - $1,000
- Patricia Madrid for Congress (Democrat, New Mexico) - $1,000
- Joseph Heath Shuler for Congress (Democrat, North Carolina - $1,000
- Claire McCaskill for Missouri (Democrat) - $1,000
- Debbie Stabenow for US Senate (Democrat, Michigan) - $900
- Harold Ford Jr (Democrat, Tennessee) - $800
- Benjamin Shuldiner for Congress (Democrat) - $750
- Tessa Hafen for Congress (Democrat, Nevada) - $714
- Committee to Bring Back Baron Hill (Democrat, Indiana) - $714
- Kenneth Lucas for Congress (Democrat, Kentucky) - $714
- Harry Mitchell for Congress (Democrat, Arizona) - $714
- John Cranley for Congress (Democrat, Ohio) - $714
- Phyllis Busansky for Congress (Democrat, Florida) - $714
- Darcy Burner for Congress (Democrat, Washington) - $714
- Jeff Miller for Congress (Republican, Florida) - $500
- The Congressman Joe Barton Committee (Republican, Texas) - $500
- Michael Arcuri for Congress (Democrat, New York) - $500
- Bob Casey for Pennsylvania Committee (Democrat) - $500
- Committee to Elect Chris Murphy (Democrat, Connecticut) - $500
- Paul Hackett for Senate (Democrat, Ohio) - $500
- Bill Nelson for US Senate (Democrat, Florida) - $500
- James Marcinkowski for Congress (Democrat, Michigan) - $500
- Mary Jo Kilroy for Congress (Democrat, Ohio) - $500
- Francine Busby for Congress (Democrat, California) - $500
- Ron Klein for Congress (Democrat, Florida) - $500
- John Conyers for Congress (Democrat, Michigan) - $500
- Friends of John Kerry (Democrat, Massachusets) - $363
- PAC for a Change (Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat, California) - $250
- San Francisco Democratic Country Central Committee - $250
- Patty Wetterling ‘06 (Democrat, Minnessota) - $250
- Re-elect Congressman Dennis Kucinich Committee (Democrat, Ohio) - $250
- Friends for Michael McGavick (Republican, Washington) - $200
Two years ago, Googlers gave $130,000 to various Democratic presidential candidates and the party. This year, they gave over $255,000 to the same. The biggest earner in 2004 was John Kerry, with over $80,000; this year he got $363.
Two years ago, Googlers gave $3,250 to re-elect the President. This year, they gave George W. Bush no money, but gave other Republicans $5,200.
Notable Contributions:
Vint Cerf gave $4,000 to two Democrats, one of them Hillary Clinton.
Shona Brown, VP of Business Operations, gave Wall $8,300, second only to “retired”.
Laura Debonis gave $54,000, almost all straight to Democrats.
David Drummond gave $7,200, $6,200 to Democrats, $1,000 to Republicans.
Adam Freed, Director of International Products, gave exactly $714 (?) to a bunch of people, and a total of $38,172.
A Googler donating to Ted Stevens’ campaign? Is this the same Google that’s an internet company, which according to Ted should be running on tubes!
It says that the donation is in support of his election to a Senate committee. I’m from the UK, so I’m not sure, but is that for re-election for the communications committee (or whatever the one responsible for net neutrality is)? I would have thought a Googler would know better.
Comment by Huw Leslie | November 7, 2006
Impressive. Personally (as someone who doesn’t live in the United States), I’d be more inclined to vote Democrat, though I’ve thought less of the democrats ever since I found out the DMCA was signed in 1998, during the reign of the democrats.
And I’m a bit surprised by significant donations to MoveOn.org… Which appears to be nothing more than a group dedicated to sending out political phone spam, judging from their website. Glad I’ve never had to receive such a call.
Comment by Tim | November 7, 2006
Ted Stevens for Senate Committee (Republican, Alaska) - $1,000
I cannot believe they’ve given THAT politician a dime. He’s the guy who thinks the internet is made up of tubes!! He’s also not in favor of the “net neutrality” that Google’s promoting (unless he changed his stance). Maybe they think by donating to his campaign, he’ll become educated and use Google to find out that the “tubes” were gone in the 60’s?
Comment by Li Evans | November 7, 2006
[…] I’ve done a post the last two major elections looking at how Google employees donate to campaigns, and the results have always been left leaning. Check out the numbers for the recent midterms, as well as the 2004 Presidential race. I really hope Robert updates his numbers for the 2008 election, because contributions are going to increase drastically as we get closer, and a lot of money is going to be thrown around. If he doesn’t, I probably will. […]
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