Yahoo Finance Who Does Walmart Give Political Donations To?
Bentonville-based Walmart and its members, employees and affiliates — including Walmart Vision Centers, Walmart.com and Walmart Labs — have given $1.89 million in political donations so far this year for the 2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.
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This places Walmart at No. 236 out of 26,914 spots in terms of largest donors on OpenSecrets’ list.
Just a few weeks before the November mid-term elections, let’s take a look at where and to whom Walmart has donated to. It is important to keep in mind that employee donations could comprise a significant sum of the following figures.
Walmart-affiliated Political Donations (Over $25,000) in 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee: $110,815.
National Republican Congressional Committee: $98,532.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: $77,143.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: $68,500.
Republican National Committee: $66,060.
DNC Services Corp.: $33,698.
Save America: $33,198.
Arkansas Republican candidate John Boozman: $32,930.
Arkansas Republican candidate Steve Womack: $27,650.
Most of the Walmart-affiliated contributions to congressional and federal candidates went to Republicans (54% of the total amount of dollars for both categories).
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Other companies whose affiliated political contributions largely went to Republicans include Citadel LLC, Thiel Capital, Uline, Blackstone and Oracle.
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