[LCC] Amazon vs. B&N

[Allyson Robinson]

According to opensecrets.org, Amazon.com's PAC gave $106,500 to federal
candidates in the 2008 election cycle.  Democrats received 62% of that
amount and Republicans received 38%.  (Source:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00360354&cycle=2008)

Because Barnes & Noble doesn't have its own PAC, data on giving to political
campaigns isnot as easy to come by.  If anyone else knows of a resource for
this, I'd be interested to have it.

Incidentally, Amazon.com scores an 80 on the Human Right's Campaign's
Corporate Equality Index (
http://www.hrc.org/issues/workplace/organization_profile.asp?organization_id=4994&search_id=1&search_type=Quick).
Barnes & Noble scores 100 (
http://www.hrc.org/issues/workplace/organization_profile.asp?organization_id=1201&search_id=1&search_type=Quick
).


On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Ruby <blondell at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> For those who are curious about my political preference, it is based on the
> fact that Amazon gives 98% of its political contributions to Republicans,
> whereas B&N gives 60% to Democrats (and 40% to Republicans).
>
> This info is a few years old (2004), but the relevant website is down right
> now (http://www.buyblue.org/) so I wasn't able to check whether the
> situation has changed.
>
> In any case, I hope it was clear that I meant politically preferable *to
> me*. I  prefer not to help Amazon do business, given that B&N usually works
> just as well. Others may feel differently.
>
> Ruby
>
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