The pharmaceutical industry’s PAC money continues to favor Obama over McCain! The chart below compares donations as of July 28, 2008 with those as of September 2, 2008. Pharma PAC contributions to Obama grew by 6.1% during this period, whereas contributions to McCain grew by 4.6%. Obama has now received just about 2X more pharma PAC money as has McCain!
What does it all mean? Is Obama better for pharma? What do YOU think? Who do you intend to vote for?
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SOURCE: OpenSecrets.org
METHODOLOGY: The totals on these charts are calculated from PAC contributions and contributions from individuals giving more than $200, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. Individual contributions are generally categorized based on the donor’s occupation/employer, although individuals may be classified instead as ideological donors if they’ve given more than $200 to an ideological PAC.
