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 Game developers are just like every other business when it comes to donating money to candidates who share their philosophy or whom they think will benefit them in the long run, and this year, the presidential race is no exception. Over the past few years, big names in the gaming world like Strauss Zelnick, John Riccitiello, and George Lucas have donated to different democratic candidates running for senate or the White House; while Bobby Kotick and Will Wright have sent checks to republicans running for different offices. Thanks to some in-depth research from GamePolitics , we now have information pertaining to where each one of these big names sent money, and while each person donated to different sorts of campaigns over the years, we will only focus on which presidential candidate they were rooting for this year. Republicans: Will Wright: (Spore, The Sims) $3,000 to McCain; previously donated $2,350 to Giuliani Bobby Kotick (Activision CEO) $2,300 to McCain; previously donated $2,100 to Romney Curt Schilling (38 Studios) $2,300 to McCain. Democrats: Strauss Zelnick (Chairman, Take-Two) $2,000 to Obama; had previously donated to $2,500 to Edwards, $1,000 each to Biden & Richardson Ben Feder (CEO, Take-Two) contributed $1,000 to Biden in 2007 Sam Houser (Rockstar) $4,600 to Obama Patricia Vance (president, ESRB) $2,000 to Obama John Riccitiello (CEO, EA) $4,600 to Obama John Smedley (Sony Online Entertainment) $2,300 to Obama Ri ... |
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