Amanda Labrado

3/28/10
Homework #9

Campaign Finanace

1. In what city are you registered to vote? If you are not registered, in what city do you live?

San Bruno, Ca

2:

Names Top 5 campaign donors Top 5 industries/sectors

Governor Arnold 1. Himself 1. Uncoded

Schwarzene 2. William C. Powers
3. Willaim E. Bloomfield JR. 2. Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
gger
4. California Hospital Association 3. Communications & Electronics
5. Diane Saunders Lake
4. Health
Researcher Identifications
5. General Business
State

Year

Records

↓TotalSCHWARZENEGGERS
CALIFORNIA RECOVERY
TEAM, GOVERNOR

House of Karen 1. ActBlue 6. Ideology/Single-Issue

Rep.s Lorraine J. 2. Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy 7. Finance/Insur/RealEst
'Jackie' 3. Pace School 8. Other
Speier 4. Roche Holdings 9. Health
5. Dodge & Cox 10. Labor
State Gerald A. 1. Himself 1. Uncoded
assembly 'Jerry' Hill 2. Pipe trade district council 36 2. Labor
 3. Plumbers & pipefitters local 447 3. Finance, Insurance
4. California state Pipe trades council & Real Estate
5. Southern Ca Pipe trades district 4. Health
council 16 5. Lawyers &
Lobbyists

State Leland Yee 1. Plumbers and Steam fitters local 1. Uncoded

senate 467 2. Finance, Insurance & Real
2. Ca State Pipe trades council Estate
3. AFSCME Ca 3. Labor
4. Western States Council of Sheet 4. Health
Metal Workers
5. General Business
5. California Nurses Association

3. Is the candidate with more money more likely to win an election than the candidate with less money?
Explain.

Yes, A candidate is more likely to win an election if they have more money because they can use the
money to make themselves known through mass media, unlike a candidate with less money who will not
be able to do so, resulting in a lack of knowledge about him / her as a candidate.

4. What is the Maximum amount of money you are allowed to spend running for federal office?

Ten million

5. What is the maximum amount of money you are allowed to contribute to a candidate running for a
federal office?

“2000 dollars from individuals and $5,000 each from PACs” (Hudson 180).

6. What is a political action committee?

A “PAC” is a group that represents a corporate or special interest that takes funds from individuals,
pools them together, and then gives them to the candidate they wish to support. (Hudson 179)

7. What is “Bundling”?

Bundling is when industry lobbyists coordinate “Individual contributions from numerous individual
executives in a given industry to get around the $5,000 limitation on PAC contributions to a single
campaign” (Hudson 180).

8. Do business interests or labor unions spend more money influencing political campaigns?

Business interest spend more on influencing political campaigns so that they will be allowed to do what
they want under the candidate who is elected. (Hudson 220-1)
9. Of the 13 sectors listed at www.opensecrets.org/overview/sectors.php, which contributes more to
Republicans and which more to Democrats?

Democrats Republicans
1. Finance/Insurance/Real Estate 1. Energy/Nat Resource
2. Lawyers & Lobbyists 2. Construction
3. Other 3. Agribusiness
4. Ideology/Single-Issue 4. Transportation
5. Misc Business
6. Health
7. Communication/Electronics
8. Labor
9. Defense