McDonald's Corporation

Probable

MCD·Restaurants

Political party breakdown

Corporate/PAC contributions by recipient party for McDonald's Corporation.

$206,300

corporate/PAC spending

Republican

$129,500

63%

Democratic

$67,300

33%

Other

$5,000

Independent

$4,500

Party is taken from the recipient's official filing. Transactions without a disclosed party are labeled Unknown — never inferred.

Where the money went by state

Geographic breakdown of McDonald's Corporation's corporate/PAC contributions. Click a state to see the red/blue split and local recipients.

Dem lean Rep leanDarker = more spending

North Carolina

$30,500 corporate/PAC to recipients in this state

Democratic

$3,500 · 11%

Republican

$27,000 · 89%

Local recipients

VIRGINIA FOXX FOR CONGRESS

$12,500

CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESS

$10,000

DON DAVIS FOR NC

$3,500

THOM TILLIS COMMITTEE

$2,500

DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESS

$2,000

State reflects the recipient's reported state. Contributions without a disclosed state are excluded. Showing all available election cycles.

Political footprint

Money associated with McDonald's Corporation, separated by source. No combined totals.

Corporate / PAC

$206,300

123 contributions

Directly attributable to the company or its registered PAC.

Figures reflect committee/PAC spending only. Individual-contributor (Schedule A) data is excluded per FEC commercial-use restrictions. Showing all available election cycles.

Federal only. BuyAligned tracks political money disclosed to the FEC — federal candidates, parties, and PACs. It does not include state- or local-level contributions (e.g., ballot measures, state candidates), which are disclosed to separate state agencies and are out of scope here.

Similar companies by political lean

Consumer competitors of McDonald's Corporation and which way their corporate/PAC money leans.

Leans blue

0 shown

No matched peers leaning democratic in our data.

Leans red

1 shown

AATI Inc.$22K to Republican · 96% of total

Top political recipients

Where McDonald's Corporation's corporate/PAC money went.

Recipient	Type	Party	Amount	Date
VIRGINIA FOXX FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$12,500	Mar 19, 2025
CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Jun 17, 2025
MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Jun 17, 2025
HERN FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Mar 19, 2025
MCDONALD'S CORPORATIONOther political committee	Other political committee	Democratic	$8,801	Dec 31, 2023
LISA MCCLAIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$7,500	Mar 19, 2025
FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$7,500	Mar 19, 2025
MANCHIN FOR WEST VIRGINIACandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$7,500	Jun 22, 2023
COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.Candidate	Candidate	Republican	$6,000	Sep 26, 2025
KEVIN KILEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Other	$6,000	Jun 17, 2025

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PAC activity

Political committees affiliated with this company.

Corporate PACUnverified

MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

C00063164 · IL

Political organizations

Committees reliably associated with this company.

MCDONALDS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Corporate PAC · C00063164

Unverified

Lobbying activity

Federal lobbying filings disclosed by McDonald's Corporation (LDA / Senate records), kept separate from contributions.

Total disclosed

$9,710,000

Filings

Top registrant

MCDONALD'S CORPORATION

$7,590,000

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace · 31Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · 29Agriculture · 28Education · 21Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) · 20

Date

Registrant

Amount

2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
INVARIANT LLC
Agriculture; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Trade (domestic/foreign)
$80,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Minting/Money/Gold Standard; Trade (domestic/foreign); Health Issues; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
$630,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Health Issues
$80,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Minting/Money/Gold Standard; Trade (domestic/foreign)
$620,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
INVARIANT LLC
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Trade (domestic/foreign); Agriculture; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$80,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$80,000
2025-12-31
4th Quarter - Report 2025
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$80,000
2025-12-31
4th Quarter - Report 2025
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2025-12-31
4th Quarter - Report 2025
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Minting/Money/Gold Standard
$880,000
2025-12-31
4th Quarter - Amendment 2025
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2025-12-31
4th Quarter - Report 2025
INVARIANT LLC
Agriculture; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
$80,000
2025-09-30
3rd Quarter - Report 2025
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2025-09-30
3rd Quarter - Report 2025
INVARIANT LLC
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Agriculture
$80,000
2025-09-30
3rd Quarter - Report 2025
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Government Issues; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Education
$80,000
2025-09-30
3rd Quarter - Report 2025
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$840,000
2025-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2025
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$80,000
2025-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2025
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2025-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2025
INVARIANT LLC
Agriculture; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
$80,000
2025-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2025
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
$770,000
2025-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2025
MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$40,000
2025-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2025
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.); Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
$900,000
2025-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2025
INVARIANT LLC
Agriculture; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
$80,000
2025-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2025
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Education; Agriculture; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$80,000

Lobbying amounts are income/expense figures reported in each LDA filing and are shown per filing, not summed into the contribution totals above. Showing all available years.

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