[lbo-talk] Dem-leaning hedge fund managers

tfast at yorku.ca tfast at yorku.ca
Thu Aug 25 09:34:33 PDT 2005


Anyone want to venture a theory as to why the hedge fund industry prefers dems over republicans. Has to have something to do with a preference for neoliberal internationalism over naked imperialism no?

Travis

Quoting Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com>:


> you'd think that "hedge" funds would hedge their bets better. Citadel
> is the best here.
>
> On 8/25/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > [reformatted by yours truly]
> >
> > Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Willy Greenfields <filthydirtyunwashed at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Dem-leaning hedge fund managers
> > To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> >
> > Political donations (at the national level) by the
> > largest hedge funds. Apologies for potential crap
> > formatting. From Bloomberg:
> >
> >
> > Hedge Fund Firm Amount Party Affiliation
> >
> > Moore Capital Management $1.06 Mln 95% to Democrats
> > Elliot Management Corp. (1) $778,700 97% to Republicans
> > Soros Fund Management (2) $698,803 94% to Democrats
> > Tudor Investment Corp. $419,750 79% to Democrats
> > Cerberus Capital Management LP $304,000 95% to Republicans
> > Citadel Investment Group LLC $280,549 51% to Republicans
> > Caxton Associates LLC $265,261 98% to Republicans
> > Perry Capital $206,500 99% to Democrats
> > D.E. Shaw & Co. $148,075 100% to Democrats
> > Farallon Capital Management $148,050 99% to Democrats
> >
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