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Big Oil is a term some use to describe the major petroleum companies such as ExxonMobil, ChevronTexxaco, British Petroleum and more.  Some Democrats often attempt to position themselves against Big Oil despite accepting over $48,000,000 in donations from oil companies <ref>Industry Totals: Oil & Gas[http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=E01]</ref>.  Republicans generally embrace Big Oil.  Oil is used for gasoline, heating oil and plastics.<ref>Pipeline Fact Sheet[http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/FactSheets/FSProductList.htm]</ref>

'''Big Oil''' is a term some use to describe the major petroleum companies such as ExxonMobil, ChevronTexxaco, British Petroleum and others.   

 

 

Some [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] often position themselves against Big Oil while in general, [[Republican]] candidates are favorable to these large oil corporations.  From 1990 to 2006, the oil industry as a whole contributed $48,972,754 to democratic candidates while contributing $150,571,902 to Republican candidates, for a 25% to 75% split between the two parties and a total of $200,865,355 in campaign contributions.<ref>Industry Totals: Oil & Gas[http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=E01]</ref>.  The disparity in the donations between the parties was widened from a 38%/62% split in 1990 to a 17%/82% split in 2006 in favor of Republican candidates.

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