Most NYC industries' federal donors don't show up in city races

Each dot = share of $200+ NYC-resident federal donors at Partnership-firm employers in that sector who also gave to a city race in the matching cycle. Numbers next to each sector label are the count of $200+ NYC-resident federal donors in that sector.

Full sector breakdown and methodology: www.ramongonzalez.com/projects/dollars-just-for-dc#industry

Range plot showing city-campaign participation rates by industry across two cycle pairs.

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Among top-volume sectors, Big Law and Software / Internet are the visible exceptions: ~18% and ~12% in the recent cycle, vs. low single digits elsewhere. Restricted to 23 sectors with at least 30 NYC-resident federal donors in the recent cycle. Top 10 by donor volume above the rule; sectors below are notable high-rate exceptions.

Chart: Ramon GonzalezSource: FEC bulk individual contributions; NYC Campaign Finance BoardGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper