Here’s a quick-and-dirty profile of where labor union money is going during this campaign season.
What I did here was to rank the top contributors to candidates during the period from January 1, 2020 through July 24, 2020. I then selected the unions that devoted the most money to candidates, sometimes through various related union entities.
The result is a list that may have a few errors, but identifies those candidates that have drawn the most union funds. Even though these data haven’t been double-checked and cleaned up, I think it provides a pretty fair look at the situation.
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What are in the other columns?
Amemiya did have some MSM disclosure on union endorsements, but positions like Pros Attny that are just as important, not so much publicity. Do think these donations — considered “influence pedaling,” are factors voters should consider before filling in the box.
Does it show how much SHOPO has given this year? That would be interesting considering the police misconduct disclosure bill finally made it to the governor’s desk after 25 years of inaction.
Keep in mind this is only a six month window. The election cycle is two years. If the numbers were aggregated from the day after the last general election til today, the picture would be very different.
An example of this are incumbents who are unopposed. They would get little if anything in the past six months.