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 can’t open the “here” link from this chat. If you paste the list of candidates (or upload the file / CSV) I’ll count donations to each party and give the correct choice.

If you prefer to check it yourself, here’s the procedure I’ll use:
1. For each contribution record, identify the candidate’s party (D, R, other).
2. Sum either (a) number of contributions or (b) dollar amounts by party (specify which you want used to define “favors”).
3. Compare totals:
- If all recipients are Republicans → “It donates only to Republican candidates.”
- If all recipients are Democrats → “It only donates to presidential candidates.” (Note: that option text looks wrong — if all recipients are Democrats the closest match is “It favors Democratic candidates but also donates to Republicans” would not apply; please confirm intended meaning.)
- If both parties receive donations but one party receives more money (or more recipients) → choose “It favors Republican candidates but also donates to Democrats” or “It favors Democratic candidates but also donates to Republicans” accordingly.
- If only presidential candidates appear (unlikely), choose “It only donates to presidential candidates.”

Send the data or paste the candidate list and I’ll do the counting and give the final answer.