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To: i-node who wrote (963101)	9/11/2016 7:05:00 AM
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Donors in Most Industries Back Hillary ClintonIn 2012, Republican Mitt Romney drew 62% of donations from employees of the sectors studied employees in most business sectors are backing the Democratic presidential candidate over the Republican, a reversal from the 2012 election, according to an analysis of comparable fundraising receipts. A Wall Street Journal review of financial reports, of the three-month period starting in May when GOP nominee Donald Trump began actively raising campaign funds, shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with a big advantage among industry donors. Of the $36 million donated by corporate employees to the two major presidential candidates’ campaigns in May, June and July, the Democrat received $31 million—roughly six times what was donated to Mr. Trump, according to the Journal analysis. The Journal’s analysis reviewed a breakdown of donations made by employees of dozens of industry sectors to the Trump and Clinton campaigns, as well as to their joint party fundraising accounts, provided by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and based on Federal Election Commission filings. Companies are prohibited from donating to campaigns directly, but employees can donate as much as $2,700 per campaign for the general election. The study covers only donations larger than $200, because campaigns aren’t required to report details of contributions smaller than that. “Big business is pragmatic—and they think she is going to win,” said Sam Geduldig, a top Republican fundraiser and Washington lobbyist who represents dozens of Fortune 500 companies. “Corporate America likes to be with the winner.” Campaigns don’t report fundraising details for August, when many presidential polls tightened, until later this month. Steven Mnuchin, Mr. Trump’s national finance chairman, disputed the notion that professionals were donating to Mrs. Clinton because they expected her to become president. He said Mrs. Clinton’s advantage among business donors was because her “major focus has been doing high-dollar fundraisers and cozying up to big business,” and added, “We have not cozied up to big donors the way she has.”