Get the browser extension
See any site's political lean as you browse — a toolbar badge,
affiliation drill-down, and similar / cross-the-aisle picks. One
click on any company's website.
Install (Chrome/Edge): unzip → open
chrome://extensions → enable Developer mode →
Load unpacked → pick the folder. Safari needs a one-time
Xcode build — instructions are in the zip.
How it works
Leanwise pulls federal disclosures from the
FEC
(corporate-PAC and employee donations) and the
Senate LDA
(lobbying), aggregates spending by recipient, looks up each
recipient's party and affiliation, and rolls it into a single
blue / red / purple lean. Every lookup is cached, so popular
companies load instantly.
Methodology & caveats
Lean is the net of Democratic vs. Republican dollars;
nonpartisan / mixed money sits in the purple bucket and is left
off the axis. Figures are public record from federal
filings — a measure of money flow, not an endorsement.
Name-matching is fuzzy, so confirm the recipients shown really
belong to the company you meant.