The Court noted:  "This evidence supports the State's assertion that lobbyists' contributions are "especially susceptible to creating an appearance of corruption....

Unlike most individuals, who are unlikely to have any incentive to contribute to many of the candidates for the
fifty legislative seats at issue each general election, a lobbyist has some incentive to contribute to candidates whose election will place them in a position to introduce or thwart legislation and to vote in committee or on the floor on matters of professional interest to the lobbyist.

The cumulative effect of numerous $500 contributions by a single lobbyist is substantial.  By virtue of the lobbyist's special role in the legislative system, his or her broad distribution of campaign money creates a very real perception of influence-buying.  The diffusion of cash is all the more dangerous because it has the potential to achieve influence with a significant portion of sitting legislators."