BUSINESS PLAYS POLITICS

THE TOP 25

The leading corporate contributors of political action committee donations to candidates and direct donations to political party organizations

1. Philip Morris: $3,861,997

2. RJR Nabisco: 2,200,831

3. AT&T;: 2,200,658

4. UPS: 1,984,448

5. Federal Express: 1,896,525

6. Textron: 1,461,397

7. Lockheed Martin: 1,268,640

8. Atlantic Richfield: 1,230,593

9. Ernst & Young: 1,196,950

10. MCI: 1,171,789

11. Union Pacific: 1,129,832

12. Chevron: 1,075,258

13. AFLAC: 972,505

14. Nationsbank: 946,989

15. Southwestern Bell: 945,023

16. Nynex: 944,997

17. Ameritech: 935,667

18. Bellsouth: 933,811

19. Eli Lilly: 931,991

20. BankAmerica: 911,440

21. Time Warner: 895,500

22. Anheuser-Bush: 891,007

23. Walt Disney: 872,400

24. Archer Daniels Midland: 857,976

25. Tenneco: 847,270

LEANING GOP

Of the top 100 corporate contributors to federal candidates in 1995 and 1996, seven gave at least 90% of their contributions to Republican candidates.

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Rank by % given % given contribs. Reps. Dems. Koch Industries 96 97% 2% Southern Co. 100 96 3 Int’l Paper 92 95 5 Reliance Group 85 94 6 FPL Group 97 93 7 Exxon 31 9 9 Union Pacific 11 90 10

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LEANING DEM

Of the top 100 corporate contributors, only 13 gave more to Democrats than Republicans.

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Rank by % given % given contribs. Reps. Dems. UAL 53 35% 62% MCI Communications 10 38 62 NationsBank 14 38 62 Viacom 76 37 61 Metropolitan Life 51 39 61 Walt Disney 23 38 61 AMR 30 43 56 Anheuser Busch 22 47 53 Entergy 48 48 52 Prudential 63 48 51 Ernst & Young 9 49 51 Sprint 95 49 50 Occidental Petroleum 47 50 50

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TRYING HARDER

The 10 biggest contributors to federal election candidates in 1996, relative to company size. Figures are expressed as contributions per $1 million of 1996 company sales.

1. Beneficial: $266.90

2. Federal Express: 184.60

3. General Dynamics: 170.84

4. MBNA: 163.27

5. Ernst & Young: 158.54

6. Textron: 157.58

7. Aflac: 136.97

8. RJR Nabisco: 128.98

9. Reliance Group: 128.53

10. Deloitte & Touche: 127.3

THE EMPLOYEE SIDE

The corporations whose executives and other employees contributed the most to candidates for federal office in 1995-96:

1. Goldman Sachs: $1,510,972

2. Merrill Lynch: 821,817

3. Ernst & Young: 654,370

4. Time Warner: 519,549

5. American Financial: 466,385

6. Koch Industries: 464,820

7. Arthur Anderson: 439,553

8. Paine Webber: 418,202

9. Bear Stearns: 408,885

10. Deloitte & Touche: 364,565

Source: Campaign Study Group