Party Of The Rich? Not The One Most Think It is

IBD ^ | 12/272014

[SeekAndFind]

A look at political donations shows that the big-dollar contributors put their money on the Democrats. So which group is really the party of the rich?

For decades, the Democrats have been getting away with portraying Republicans as hateful men who do the bidding of the wealthy at the expense of the country's poor and middle class.

Yet as the Associated Press reported just before Christmas, "it's actually the liberal-minded who shelled out the most cash in the just completed midterm elections."

What's more, "the two biggest super PACs of 2014," the "Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC," were both backed by Democrats.

The AP, using data from the Center for Responsive Politics, continues:

• "Among the 183 groups that wrote checks of $100,000 or more to another group, Democrats had a 3-to-1 cash advantage."

• "Overall, for the campaign season that just ended, donors who gave more than $1 million sent roughly 60 cents of every dollar to liberal groups."

• "Among the 10 biggest donors, Democrats outspent Republicans by an almost 3-to-1 margin."

[mountainlion]

My congressman is Jqr3d polis which is #6 worth over $65m

http://www.rollcall.com/50richest/the-50-richest-members-of-congress-112th.html

[mountainlion]

I had typed in Jared and Jqred came out when I hit post.

[llevrok]

They used to be called limousine liberals.

But these days, Lear Jet Liberals.

[AFPhys]

No surprise to those of us paying attention to politics over the years... Who believes that the labor unions, lawyers, teachers and movie makers are dominated by someone other than leftists? Those groups have garnered the top spots on political giving lists for decades.