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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.
2017–2021 $7.5 billion (2024) [1] Inheritance, business, real estate, reality TV personality George Washington: Independent: 1789–1797 $525 million (2010) [2] Inheritance, business, marriage Thomas Jefferson: Democratic-Republican: 1801–1809 $212 million (2010) [2] Inheritance, business Theodore Roosevelt: Republican: 1901–1909 $125 ...
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.
Because it is a nonprofit, the Sixteen Thirty Fund is not required to disclose its donors, even though it spends significant amounts on politics. [2] Billionaires George Soros and Pierre Omidyar have disclosed multi-million donations to the group. The Sixteen Thirty Fund supports Democratic lawmakers and candidates and criticizes Republicans.
The following list is made up of prominent American conservatives from the public and private sectors. The list also includes political parties, organizations and media outlets which have made a notable impact on conservatism in the United States. Entries on the list must have achieved notability after 1932, the beginning of the Fifth Party ...
Keith Kellogg, National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States (2018–2021) [2] Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council (2018–2021) [2] Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021), Director of the Office of American Innovation (2017–2021) and son-in-law to Donald Trump [10]