How oily is your candidate? (Who’s your daddy?)

If I didn’t know better, I’d say “so much for the pulling power of oil money”. Reports suggested that it played a big role in George W Bush’s two terms in office, but according to this stunning online interactive graphic, it was powerless to save Rudolph Giuliani in the 2008 primaries.

OilChange International is hosting the graphic, which shows just how connected each of the US candidates are to the oil industry


Not only does it look good, the detail is stunning. You can click on a company and see a table of how much it has given to whom, down to the nearest dollar (or click on the candidate’s mugshot to see how much they have received from all companies).

Click on a candidate in the table to see a list of donors, as named on their cheques. You can even click on the plus sign under “contribution” and get a scan of the receipt for the donation. Yes, that’s right