Oil and gas companies spent nearly 60 million U.S. dollars on lobbying Republican Party members in the 2024 election cycle. The Republican Party has historically been the greatest recipient of oil and gas companies' lobbying expenditures in the United States. Between the 1990 and 2024 election cycles, the oil and gas industry significantly ramped up its spending on lobbying for political parties. Whereas spending aimed towards the Democratic Party saw only slight fluctuations, lobbying for the Republican Party surged to a peak of nearly 70 million U.S. dollars in the presidential election year 2020. This compared to 13 million U.S. dollars which went to the Democratic Party. The greatest recipient that year was President Trump.
Lobbying spending of oil & gas companies in the United States during election cycles from 1990 to 2024, by receiving political party
(in million U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Republican party
Democratic party
2024
59.11
7.91
2022
41.66
9.5
2020
69.52
13.42
2018
45.63
7.23
2016
58.94
8.83
2014
43.78
6.42
2012
61.57
7.51
2010
26.98
7.52
2008
34.82
10.01
2006
20.26
4.61
2004
24.58
5.86
2002
21.48
5.42
2000
28.95
6.82
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