Sports and Outdoors!

The chart above depicts the percent of contributions in U.S. Dollars donated to Republican and Democrat candidates/parties/affiliated groups, seeking national office during the 2020 election cycle, donated by employees, or owners, of the companies listed, and those individuals' immediate family members, based on data collected from www.opensecrets.org.

In some instances the money was possibly donated by the actual company, but the bulk of it typically comes from individuals within the company, or immediate family members of individuals within the company.  The only way I'm discussing the actual organization is if I reference it as "the organization itself", otherwise, I'm talking about the jargon mentioned above (individuals within the company, owners, employees, direct family, etc.).  In some instances, the money considered contributed may come from PACs affiliated with the mentioned organization. 

There's an old saying that goes something like:

Feed a man a fish, and he'll shop for his pole at Academy, teach a man how to fish and he'll go to Bass Pro Shops.  

There's another saying that goes something like:

Buy your kid a baseball bat from big 5 and he'll go up to the box looking for a walk, but get that bat at Dick's and he'll knock it out of the park!

The second one is a little more of a stretch than the first, but still.  The choices are clear here.

Finally, Democrats on the Left, Republicans on the Right! 

Academy                            $29,736   $8,939    

Big 5 Sporting Goods            $647       $135    

Dick's                                 $82,485   $119,151    

Hibbett                              $2,316       $431    

Recrational Equipment, Inc  $248,641   $119,536    

Bass Pro                             $15,798   $260,250    

Totals                                $379,623   $508,442     

Special Thanks to  https://charts.livegap.com for the website used to make the chart above.