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THE MONEY FLOW
CORPORATE POLITICAL GIVING, 1991-2004 (MILLIONS)
PACs $604.9
Soft money $504.9
Individual $290.7
527s $20.6
Total: $1.4 billion
TOP FIVE INDUSTRIES
Financial $226.4
Telecom $110.3
Utilities $99.9
Banking $80.6
Transport $76.4
Source: "Corporate Political Contributions: Investment or Agency?" by Rajesh Aggarwal, Felix Meschke and Tracy Wang and the Center for Responsive Politics
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