Question

Research the campaign contributions made by the communications company AT&T.

View the data here.

Look at the list of candidates to whom the company made contributions and answer the question.

What conclusion can be drawn based on AT&T’s campaign donation records?

It only donates to presidential candidates.
It favors Republican candidates but also donates to Democrats
It favors Democratic candidates but also donates to Republicans.
It donates only to Republican candidates.

Answer 1

I don’t have access to the page you referenced. To answer reliably I need to see the contribution list (or you can paste it here).

If you want to check yourself, here are quick ways to reach the conclusion:

1) What to look for
- If every recipient is a presidential candidate → choose “It only donates to presidential candidates.”
- If only Republicans appear → choose “It donates only to Republican candidates.”
- If mostly Republicans but some Democrats → choose “It favors Republican candidates but also donates to Democrats.”
- If mostly Democrats but some Republicans → choose “It favors Democratic candidates but also donates to Republicans.”

2) Quick methods

Excel / Google Sheets
- Put the data in a sheet with a Party column and an Amount column.
- To count recipients by party: use a PivotTable or: =COUNTIF(PartyRange,"D") and =COUNTIF(PartyRange,"R")
- To sum amounts by party: =SUMIF(PartyRange,"D",AmountRange) and =SUMIF(PartyRange,"R",AmountRange)
- Compare counts and sums.

Python / pandas
- Save the data as CSV, then run:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("atts_contributions.csv") # adjust filename
print(df['party'].value_counts()) # counts of candidates by party
print(df.groupby('party')['amount'].sum()) # total dollars by party

3) If you paste or upload the data (or share the link), I’ll run the analysis and give the single best answer from your four choices.