Sugar industry big player in campaign cash flows, favoring Dems, GOP evenly

A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) Many of the most influential American agricultural interests are headquartered in specific parts of the country: The majority of peanuts come from Georgia, corn from Iowa and sugar from Florida. But even though agricultural interests have a significant presence in only a small number of congressional districts, they play an inordinately large role in the political landscape of the entire country.