Big Oil & Gas contributions to Repubs & Dems 1990-2010 73% Repubs : 27% Dems

[JohnWxy]

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=e01&recipdetail=A&sortorder=U&cycle=All

Here are the numbers since 2000:

	Repubs	Dems		Repubs	Dems
	$s in millions  total	percentages	
2010	6.4	3.2	9.6	67%	33%					
2008	17.2	5.7	22.9	75%	25%					
2006	11	2.5	13.5	81%	19%					
2004	13.5	3.3	16.8	80%	20%					
2002	8.8	3	11.8	75%	25%					
2000	10.7	2.8	13.5	79%	21%


Total	67.6	20.5	88.1	77%	23%

This should make it pretty clear who dances for the Oil and Gas industry, in case anybody didn't already know.
The oil and gas industry invests their money where it gets the best return - about 3 times as much to Repubs as the Dems.

[swilton]

1. Yes, but of those 27% Democrats

who do receive money from the oil and gas industry, B.H. Obama's name ranks # 9 of the top 20 recipients in both the house and senate, and even leads some of the top senate Republicans.

Young (R/Alaska) = $980,263
Obama (D/Ill) = $973,051
McConnell (R/Ky) = $860,261
............

[Raster]

2. I have said before and will say again:

The last American President NOT owned by the Texas-American Petroleum Mafia and their evil twin, the Military/Industrial Complex was Jimmy Carter.