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

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

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

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

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

6. Who’s Got Clout? Percent Contribution Per Industry

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

8. 2006 Election v. Other Election Years

9. Supporters  Stop and Shop  Shaw’s,  Hannaford  Whole Foods  and others  Spent a total of $7,809,485 Image Source:http://saharamart.com/grocery.php

10. 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: http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=1368&id=41565

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

12. Works Cited  USA Today “Massachusetts voters reject ballot initiative on wine in grocery stores” http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/ MA/2006-11-07-ballot-initiatives_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/ MA/2006-11-07-ballot-initiatives_x.htm  Follow the Money. “Ballot Measures” http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/stat e_ballot_measures.phtml?s=MA&y=2006 http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/stat 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” http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/09/12/groc ers_spend_big_in_bid_to_sell_wine/ http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2006/09/12/groc ers_spend_big_in_bid_to_sell_wine/  Lyke to Drink. “Politics and Wine in Massachusetts” http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2006/10/politics-and-wine- in-massachusetts_18.html http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2006/10/politics-and-wine- in-massachusetts_18.html  http://www.FollowtheMoney.org http://www.FollowtheMoney.org