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= Between 40% and 59% to both parties
= Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%)
= Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%)
= Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%)

Rank Organization Name Total Contribution Tilt
1989-2006
Contribution Tilt
2003/2004 Only
1 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $38,090,299      
2 AT&T Inc $36,920,985
3 National Assn of Realtors $30,289,548
4 National Education Assn $27,077,950     
5 American Assn for Justice $27,075,356     
6 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $25,572,741      
7 Laborers Union $24,981,639     
8 Goldman Sachs $24,852,411
9 Service Employees International Union $24,649,143      
10 Carpenters & Joiners Union $24,388,370     
11 American Medical Assn $24,220,439
12 Teamsters Union $24,180,339      
13 Communications Workers of America $23,965,231      
14 United Auto Workers $23,266,285      
15 American Federation of Teachers $23,131,718      
16 FedEx Corp $22,724,449
17 Altria Group $22,330,450  
18 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $21,488,174      
19 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $21,167,159      
20 Citigroup Inc $20,852,446
21 National Auto Dealers Assn $20,754,892    
22 United Parcel Service $20,458,428
23 National Assn of Home Builders $18,928,515  
24 American Bankers Assn $17,869,830
25 EMILY's List $17,572,354      
26 National Assn of Letter Carriers $17,284,234    
27 AFL-CIO $16,688,539     
28 Time Warner $16,591,664  
29 National Beer Wholesalers Assn $16,509,004    
30 Microsoft Corp $15,949,283
31 National Rifle Assn $15,847,474    
32 JP Morgan Chase & Co $15,402,854
33 Verizon Communications $15,330,191
34 BellSouth Corp $14,373,277
35 Lockheed Martin $14,330,819
36 Ernst & Young $14,207,387
37 Sheet Metal Workers Union $14,149,951      
38 Morgan Stanley $14,122,740
39 Credit Union National Assn $13,632,897
40 American Hospital Assn $13,531,964
41 General Electric $13,488,554
42 American Dental Assn $13,475,089
43 Bank of America $13,426,947
44 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $12,784,055
45 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union $12,759,853      
46 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $12,423,471  
47 RJR Nabisco/RJ Reynolds Tobacco $12,412,097    
48 Air Line Pilots Assn $12,298,097    
49 Union Pacific Corp $12,164,568    
50 International Assn of Fire Fighters $11,992,843    
51 United Steelworkers of America $11,973,897      
52 AFLAC Inc $11,972,189
53 PricewaterhouseCoopers $11,814,018  
54 Merrill Lynch $11,794,769
55 American Institute of CPAs $11,618,621  
56 United Transportation Union $11,557,993    
57 Operating Engineers Union $11,411,230    
58 Pfizer Inc $11,114,019  
59 Boeing Co $10,673,685
60 Ironworkers Union $10,376,688     
61 American Financial Group $10,167,764     
62 MBNA Corp $10,106,006     
63 Anheuser-Busch $10,037,973
64 American Postal Workers Union $9,844,811      
65 Credit Suisse Group $9,649,187
66 National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $9,548,052
67 Chevron $9,434,478    
68 General Motors $9,323,853
69 Freddie Mac $9,264,523
70 Walt Disney Co $9,207,521
71 UST Inc $9,205,002    
72 General Dynamics $9,145,354
73 Exxon Mobil $9,027,614     
74 National Assn of Retired Federal Employees $8,927,900     
75 National Restaurant Assn $8,603,045    
76 Prudential Financial $8,479,932
77 GlaxoSmithKline $8,453,498    
78 Human Rights Campaign $8,442,344     
79 American International Group $8,354,074
80 National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare $8,311,490    
81 Southern Co $8,220,627  
82 MCI Inc $8,097,322  
83 American Academy of Ophthalmology $7,951,186
84 National Cmte for an Effective Congress $7,949,938      
85 Archer Daniels Midland $7,895,064
86 American Maritime Officers $7,778,331
87 Eli Lilly & Co $7,758,601    
88 Associated General Contractors $7,720,066    
89 National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors $7,677,430   
90 Amway Corp $7,661,516      
91 Metropolitan Life $7,592,281