Shed a tear for the poor underfunded Republicans

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

From USA Today:

Google employees gave $207,650 to federal candidates for last year's elections, up from just $250 in 2000 when it was still a start-up. And 98% went to Democrats, the biggest share among top tech donors, a new USA TODAY campaign finance analysis shows.

Naturally, this is just payback for Google News' Malkin "snub", but let's talk about this, shall we? The source for the USA Today article is the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks, among other things, donations from employees of particular industries, including, naturally, the tech industry.

Now that that tortured sentence is behind us, let's look at the web site:

• Accountants: 64% Republican


• Tech (Including Google): 53% Democrat


• Big Pharma: 67% Republican


• Tobacco: 74% Rebublican


• Doctors: 62% Republican


• Transportation: 74% Republican


• Entertainment: 68% Democrat (surprise!)


• Oil & Gas: 81% Republican (surprise!)

And let's not forget the direct corporate donations to things like conventions.

I think that democracy will survive a San Francisco-based tech firm's surprising political bias.

Update: Michelle thinks she's got Google-related problems...what's going on with Atrios?