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This list shows only the direct contributions to each campaign but does not include more substantive contributions for lobbying and outside spending. In 2016, direct contributions (in this list) totaled $1,085,100; lobbying efforts (not in this list) totaled $3,188,000; and outside spending (not in this list) totaled $54,398,558.
These groups are more active in American politics than ever before, as in 2016, more than $2.3 billion was raised between the Democratic and Republican National Committees. [73] For the amounts of soft money contributed in recent years and the legislation that enabled this, see the section on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
The funding of political parties is an aspect of campaign finance. Political parties are funded by contributions from multiple sources. One of the largest sources of funding comes from party members and individual supporters through membership fees, subscriptions and small donations.
David Portnoy, American internet celebrity, blogger, and founder of the sports and pop culture blog Barstool Sports [482] Alfred S. Regnery , lawyer, author, and former publisher [ 12 ] Michael Scheuer , [ a ] former CIA intelligence officer, blogger, author, political analyst, and former Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station [ 483 ]
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Nathaniel Fick, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, author of One Bullet Away, a New York Times best seller [98] Bill Gates , Microsoft founder and CEO [ 136 ] David Geffen , founder of Asylum Records , Geffen Records , and DGC Records ; cofounder of DreamWorks SKG [ 19 ]
Other countries choose to use government funding to run campaigns. Funding campaigns from the government budget is widespread in South America and Europe. [10] The mechanisms for this can be quite varied, ranging from direct subsidy of political parties to government matching funds for certain types of private donations (often small donations) to exemption from fees of government services (e.g ...
Thomas Frank, historian and political analyst [282] Nancy Fraser, critical theorist and author [239] James K. Galbraith, economist [22] Jeffrey Guterman, psychologist [283] Huck Gutman, literary scholar and former political advisor [239] Steven Hahn, social and political historian [239] Gerald S. Handel, sociologist [239]