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November 13, 2007

Members of the media overwhelmingly donating to the Dems

I haven't been paying much attention to the election, since I can't even cast a vote for another four months or so. I heard some rumblings about Hillary Clinton's "plantgate" (shocker) and Giuliani picking up Pat Robertson's endorsement (an actual shocker). But I stumbled across this on The Huffington Post (a little vomit in my mouth): A great service that tells you who has donated money to what candidates.

On the off chance that you still don't believe that the media is biased, try these numbers on for size:

  • Of all the people whose job description is "journalist," 96.7% gave to Democrats; the other 3.3% gave to Republicans.
  • Of all the people whose job description is "writer," 87.3% gave to Democrats; the other 12.7% to the GOP.
  • There has long been a claim that, while the writers are liberal, the people with power are conservative Republicans. Not so. Of all the "editors," 84.2% gave to Democrats, and 67.1% of "publishers" gave to Democrats.

I also tried a few job descriptions of other kinds of people of interest to my life:

  • 82.7% of all "plumbers" gave to the GOP.
  • 50.1% of all "athletes" gave to the GOP.
  • 52.4% of all "dentists" gave to a Democrat.

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