A dozen corporations (listed here in alphabetical order) were major sponsors at both the Republican and Democratic conventions, giving at least $100,000 to each in addition to their gifts to the parties ("soft money") and their political action committee contributions to federal candidates as detailed below. All figures are from Jan. 1, 1995, through June 30, 1996.
......................PAC CONTRIBUTIONS......SOFT MONEY.......................Dem.......Rep.......Dem........Rep
Abbott Laboratories....$24,300...$91,310........$0...$16,750
Anheuser-Busch..........32,700....51,500...350,500...271,250
Archer Daniels Midland..71,000....53,226...110,880...335,000
AT&T...................361,463...702,020...308,684...388,467
BankAmerica Corp........60,648...143,401...181,025...161,750
Baxter..................18,000....42,541.........0....64,100
Browning-Ferris.........17,025....67,403....37,300...107,350
Chrysler Corp...........68,515...129,500.....2,500....25,750
Lockheed Martin........210,000...473,750...119,000....55,000
Philip Morris/Kraft....159,205...405,775...349,250.1,508,478
Tenneco................118,600...312,875....36,250....70,500
United Airlines........ 48,450....80,100....76,777....49,045
(Sources: Federal Election Commission, San Diego Host Committee, Chicago '96. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service.)