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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.
Public concern over the influence of large donors in political campaigns was reflected in a 2018 opinion poll which found that 74% of Americans surveyed thought it was "very" important that "people who give a lot of money to elected officials" "not have more political influence than other people", [note 1] but that 72% thought this was "not at ...
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.
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 ...
The Center for Responsive Politics was founded in 1983 by retired U.S. Senators Frank Church of Idaho, of the Democratic Party, and Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, of the Republican Party. [1] In the 1980s, Church and Scott launched a "money-in-politics" project, whose outcome consisted of large, printed books.
The Empowering Citizens Act (2013) was a legislative bill proposed by Representative David Price (D-NC) and Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) that was modeled after a small donor campaign funding program in New York City. Donations up to $250 from individual donors would be matched and adjusted with inflation at a 5:1 [21] ratio to public ...
Portions of Vermont system for publicly funding elections were found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2006 decision Randall v. Sorrell.In particular, state supplemental funds for publicly financed candidates whose opponents outspend them were struck down, while full funding of governor and lieutenant governor candidates remained in place.
Candidate Money Raised Individual Contributions [a] % Unitemized [b] Loans Received Money Spent Cash On Hand Total Debt Source Michael Bloomberg: $125,922,834.78