This assignment or in-class activity asks students to identify which interest groups donate to certain politicians.

The information source is opensecrets.org.

You may want to specify which election cycle you want students to research.

Some sample questions:

What types of industries gave the most to Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff’s 2024 election campaign?

What was the largest source of campaign contributions for Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff in 2024?

[Answer could be: large individual contributions; small individual contributions; other; PACs; self-financing]

Other candidates of interest:
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate
Gubernatorial candidates in Georgia (2026)
U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia (2026)

To broaden this activity/assignment, ask students to make connections between a candidate’s top funders and the legislation they sponsor or cosponsor using information from Congress.gov.