The corporations behind the assault on voter democracy

Public Citizen- An analysis released [in January 2021] by Public Citizen shows, since 2016, corporate political action committees and industry trade associations have contributed $170 million to the campaign war chests of the 147 members of Congress who voted to challenge at least one state’s electoral college slate from the 2020 presidential election. Nineteen of these PACs have given at least $1 million to these lawmakers, and 46 of the PACs have supported at least 50% of these lawmakers..

The five largest political contributors are the National Association of Realtors, the American Bankers Association, National Automobile Dealers Association, National Beer Wholesalers Association, and AT&T.