Political Donations and The Big 3


Posted by Hallie on Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm

The good folks at Marketing Pilgrim have stumbled upon a Google Mashup on The Huffington Post that tracks political donations by address, city, last name, first name, occupation, and employer. Warning: FundRace 2008 is addictive!

How does this relate to SEO or ORM? Yeah, it’s a stretch, but what about if you don’t want people to know who you are supporting? Then that’s an online reputation issue. More importantly who are the big 3 engines supporting? Democrats. And how much are they donating? Microsoft leads the way with $166,420, Google at $141,963, and Yahoo trailing behind with a measly $14k.

Hugh Hefner Political donations

Notable donations include:

  • $6,900 from Ben Stiller to Hillary
  • $6,900 from the Hef, $4,600 to Hillary and $2,300 to Barack
  • $4,600 to Hillary with love from Martha
  • $4,600 from Chevy Chase to Hillary
  • $2,300 from Oprah to Barack (she can’t afford $4,600?)
  • Missing from the list: Leonardo & Kayne just to name two
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