Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Jane Sanders' Tweet on GE Day.. "How We Voted is Not as Important as that we voted" [View all]thesquanderer
(11,989 posts)2018 top 20 recipients of money from the pharmaceutical industry, 7 are Dems:
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2018&ind=H04
Insurance industry (also 7 of the 20 are Dems):
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=F09++
and you can look up whatever other sector you want.
Of course proving that someone voted the way they did because they got a big contribution from someone who would benefit from it is pretty much impossible. But common sense says that these industries would not be frittering away millions of dollars on campaign contributions if they didn't think there was some benefit to be had. Even if it's only "so they'll pick up the phone and listen if we call," getting their ears is half the battle, and more than half if the call is from someone in a position to control big chunks of money that can contine to flow into their campaigns, or not.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden