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Monday, September 22, 2014

Democrats Relying On Big Donors To Win

Democrats love to cast Republicans as the party of big money, beholden to the out-of-touch billionaires bankrolling their campaigns.

But new numbers tell a very different story — one in which Democrats are actually raising more big money than their adversaries.

Among the groups reporting the biggest political ad spending, the 15 top Democrat-aligned committees have outraised the 15 top Republican ones $453 million to $289 million in the 2014 cycle, according to a POLITICO analysis of the most recent Federal Election Commission reports, including those filed over the weekend — which cover through the end of last month.

The analysis shows the fundraising edge widening in August, when the Democratic groups pulled in more than twice as much as their GOP counterparts — $51 million to $21 million. That’s thanks to a spike in massive checks from increasingly energized labor unions and liberal billionaires like Tom Steyer and Fred Eychaner.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Warren Buffet through Obama makes 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS a year b/c of our High GAS PRICES...

Guess where he will give the money he makes off our backs?

Anonymous said...

Way too bad that money talks like it does and someone cannot be elected on their merits alone.