Ok, I know this is no surprise to informed people, but I know conservatives who, when you say something about business mainly contributing to Republicans, will deny it, and bring up Soros, like one businessman donating to Democrats equals all the money going to Republicans.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/12/403112/17-of-the-top-20-biggest-political-donors-this-election-cycle-are-conservative/
Egged on in no small part by the Supreme Court’s decision to turn campaign finance into the wild west, a small group of donors have gotten increasing aggressive in their efforts to us their enormous wealth to influence elections. As Mother Jones lays out, this has given a decided advantage to Republicans and conservative candidates. Seventeen of the top 20 spenders seeking to buy election results are conservative:
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