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FOLLOW
THE MONEY

Puzzle #3
"Your Whole Paycheck"
Three grocery empires. Three donation profiles. Can you match the company to the cash?
Source: OpenSecrets.org · All Federal Candidates · 2024 Cycle
How to play: Tap a company below, then tap the chart you think it belongs to. Match all three correctly to reveal the sources.
Matched: 0/3
Attempts: 0
A
All Federal Candidates
$5,097,796
DEM
$4,187,670
82.2%
REP
$910,126
17.9%
Drop company here
B
All Federal Candidates
$336,385
REP
$235,199
69.9%
DEM
$101,186
30.1%
Drop company here
C
All Federal Candidates
$163,690
DEM
$143,975
88.0%
REP
$19,715
12.0%
Drop company here
Tap a company, then tap a chart to match
Publix
Amazon
(Whole Foods)
Trader
Joe's
Hint: Two lean the same way — but one spends 31x more

You followed the money.

All three matched. Every dollar is public record — here are the receipts.
Amazon (Whole Foods) — OpenSecrets Trader Joe's — OpenSecrets Publix — OpenSecrets
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