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Who is Powerful and Why? CT, MA, NJ, NY Michal Adut & Tess Wendel

Top Contributors Connecticut (2006) Top 5 Industries  Lawyers & Lobbyists  Party Committees  Real Estate  Candidate Self-finance  Securities & Investment

Top Contributors Massachusetts (2004) Top 5 Industries  Lawyers & Lobbyists  Party Committees  Candidate Self-Finance  Real Estate  Candidate Self Finance

Top Contributors New Jersey (2007) Top 5 Industries  Party Committees  Candidate Committees  General Trade Unions  Lawyers & Lobbyists  Public Subsidy

Top Contributors New York (2006) Top 5 Industries  Candidate Committees  Real Estate  Party Committees  Public Sector Unions  Lawyers & Lobbyists

Who’s Got Clout? Percent Contribution Per Industry

Ballot Initiative: Question 1  Allows Grocery Stores to Sell Wine  Why a ballot? Failure of Prior legislative initiatives

2006 Election v. Other Election Years

Supporters  Stop and Shop  Shaw’s,  Hannaford  Whole Foods  and others  Spent a total of $7,809,485 Image Source:

Opposition  Massachusetts Package Stores Association  Beer Distributors of Massachusetts  Spent a total of $5,580,633  Outsider dimension: “Bill is more than just convenience, there will be a social and public safety cost” Image Source:

Results  Massachusetts voter reject ballot initiative despite early polls showing strong support  Most expensive ballot question campaign in state history

Works Cited  USA Today “Massachusetts voters reject ballot initiative on wine in grocery stores” MA/ ballot-initiatives_x.htm MA/ ballot-initiatives_x.htm  Follow the Money. “Ballot Measures” e_ballot_measures.phtml?s=MA&y= e_ballot_measures.phtml?s=MA&y=2006  Boston.com “Grocers spend big in bid to sell wine Stop & Shop leads the way in fight with package stores, liquor firms to woo voters” ers_spend_big_in_bid_to_sell_wine/ ers_spend_big_in_bid_to_sell_wine/  Lyke to Drink. “Politics and Wine in Massachusetts” in-massachusetts_18.html in-massachusetts_18.html 