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Over the 2016 cycle, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush have benefitted from at least 446 political fundraisers. We analyzed and visualized their most popular places to break bread with big donors.
See where these 2016 hopefuls travel to raise some serious campaign cash.
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Dark money certainly exists on the Democratic side. There is dissonance.
Sunlight Foundation Policy Analyst Richard Skinner, in reference to a liberal dark money group that is railing against … dark money. (Story via The Center for Public Integrity)
41 years. $3 billion. The Clinton’s fundraising operation has no equal.
@washingtonpost delves inside the unparalleled Clinton donor network — trying to identify every known donor who contributed to support Bill and Hillary Clinton over their four decades in public life.
(And who would’ve thought the #1 donor was the billionaire producer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? Yup.)
Sunlight Policy Analyst LaVita Tuff spoke at today’s TEDx event in Jackson, Miss., showing folks the transformative power of open data. Way to go, Tuff!
Learn how Sunlight’s expanding the use of open data within cities across America through the What Works Cities initiative.
(Credit to Toby Price for the awesome image above!)
During yesterday’s GOP debate, Fox Business put up this graphic highlighting the biggest issues for debate viewers. “Campaign finance” was one of the most important topics — but money in politics didn’t even get a single mention during the debate. Others shared our discontent:
Voters deserve to know where 2016 candidates stand on campaign finance, Democrats and Republicans alike. It’s time to start asking some real, substantive questions on these issues — and we’ve got a few to start off with:
(Credit to Common Cause for the pic!)
Dark money spending [in the 2016 election cycle] is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
Is that really true? PolitiFact Wisconsin investigated — and what they found might surprise you.
Let’s see if you can spot the difference. (Don’t worry, we made it easy.) Here’s a super PAC disclosure form…
Aaaaaand here’s a dark money group’s disclosure form:
Notice anything different?
But there are a few other notable changes between super PACs and dark money groups. Read the full article on the Sunlight Foundation blog to find out more.
We’re teaming up with the folks behind “Our Brand Is Crisis” to reveal the influence of cash on every election. Ready to do something about it? Visit the Take Part action page to track money in politics with Sunlight tools and open data.
