Halliburton Employees Donated More Money to Democrats!

"The Huffington Post", a website I find interesting but don't always agree with, has a pretty neat page called "FundRace 2008", which has a searchable database that purports to show you every campaign contribution over $200 from anybody and everybody, anywhere during the last 4 years! Their calculations are all based on public records filed with the Federal Election Commision (FEC), and only include donations of $200 or more from individuals, given to a single Republican or Democratic presidential campaign or national committee for the 2004 and 2008 election cycles. FundRace is updated according to the reporting schedule set by the FEC. Public contribution data is geocoded using public U.S. Census Bureau data.

So, basically, if you're so inclined, you can find out how much money your next-door-neighbor donated to which candidates, if it was $200 or more. You can check out the political makeup of your street, your city, your state, and the listing includes a mailing address and profession on all donors.

So you can find out to whom, for example, musician Paul Simon donated money and how much. Or Tom Hanks. Or John Cleese. You can search either by name, address, city, state, or profession, all there for the snooping.


I couldn't find any donations from any political pundits, presumably because they're supposed to stay neutral (on the record). Example: When searching under "Employer" MSNBC", here are the results- $1,907 was given by people who identified their employer as "MSNBC". $282 from 1 person to Republicans $1,625 from 2 people to Democrats. The three people listed from MSNBC are not on-air personalities.

Here are some selected stats from their site:

DONATIONS FROM WRITERS:
5,763,069 was given by people who identified their occupation as "writer".
$504,234 from 463 people to Republicans
$5,258,835 from 4,738 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM MUSICIANS:
$879,277 was given by people who identified their occupation as "musician".
$107,552 from 129 people to Republicans
$771,725 from 820 people to Democrats

DONORS FROM AUSTIN, TX:
7,916,267 was given by people who identified their city as "Austin".
$3,871,460 from 3,020 people to Republicans
$4,044,807 from 3,883 people to Democrats

DONORS FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX:
7,113,994 was given by people who identified their city as "San Antonio".
$4,910,516 from 3,007 people to Republicans
$2,203,478 from 2,170 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM WAL-MART EMPLOYEES:
$19,068 was given by people who identified their employer as "WalMart".
$7,775 from 14 people to Republicans
$11,293 from 21 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM HALLIBURTON EMPLOYEES:
$15,056 was given by people who identified their employer as "Halliburton".
$6,479 from 12 people to Republicans
$8,577 from 9 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEES:
$159,546 was given by people who identified their employer as "Home Depot".
$145,432 from 48 people to Republicans
$14,114 from 31 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM LOWES EMPLOYEES:
$6,944 was given by people who identified their employer as "Lowes".
$2,575 from 3 people to Republicans
$4,369 from 8 people to Democrats

DONATIONS FROM TARGET EMPLOYEES:
$37,576 was given by people who identified their employer as "Target".
$15,796 from 28 people to Republicans
$21,780 from 45 people to Democrats