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10/31 According to cnn, Democrats waaay outspend the Republicans on
campaign ads. How can that be? Aren't Republicans a lot
wealthier?
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads
\_ There has been a huge groundswell from the dems. The huge
majority of dem money this cycle has been from $100 or less
contributions. There are a LOT of people that want change.
\_ not, considering the top 4 Dem donors have spent well in
excess of 60+ million. More self-delusion on the Dem's
behalf, party of the little people indeed.
\_ Kerry raised 32% of his money from donors of $200 or less
(and 35% from $2000 or less). "Huge majority"? Riiiiiight.
http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/donordems.asp
\_ 2002, percentage of donors giving following amts, dems/reps:
$200-999: 39/61
$1000+: 49/51
$10k+: 55/45
$100k+: 67/33
$1M+: 92/8
Billionaires for Kerry!
http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/donordemographics.asp?cycle=2002
\_ Um... What about contributions to the DNC/RNC? I was under
the impression that the big donors give to the parties because
it hides from comparisons like yours.
http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/donordemographics.asp?cycle=2002
\_ R gets 2X D.
http://www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.asp
But party money is more restricted than, say, 527 money,
and D leads in 527 money.
\_ No one should "lead" in 527 money. The very concept is
the antithesis of the campaign finance reform laws that
created 527s. Most of them are operating illegally.
\_ I'm sure it's just an oversight, and not you trying to spin
the numbers, which caused you to leave out the fact that Bush
has twice the number of $2000+ donors as Kerry, and a
significantly greater portion of his overall contributions
from that group. Kerry's not Dean, but his support is still
far more grassroots than Bush's. -tom
\_ "Far more grassroots"? 32% of both candidates' support is
from donors of $200 or less. Kerry has 10% more supporters,
but I think it's hard to say "far more grassroots". Howard
Dean was "far more grassroots". John Kerry is not.
\_ whatever. i don't care. guess who i'm voting for? - danh
\_ so you're ok if your guy won with the help of
supporters who might have violated campaign finance
reform laws? you want to win "by any means necessary"?
that sort of thinking opens up a long list of places
that no one in this country should want to go. neither
side is so darkly evil or different from the other that
we need to destroy the country in order to save it.
\_ I'm sure it's just an oversight but these numbers don't
count the tremendous amount of raw cash pumped into leftist
527 groups created under the bogus "campaign finance
reform" laws. How can you forget the money pumped in by
the likes of George Soros?
\_ I believe soros donated 10 million, not the 80 million figure floating around
\_
http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtes.asp?level=C&cycle=2004
http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527indivs.asp?cycle=2004 |
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| www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads -> www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/special/president/campaign.ads/ Occurrence and ad spending data is provided by Campaign Media Analysis Gr oup. Improve your campaign ad IQ Check out a few classic campai gn ads that political analysts still reference. |
| www.opensecrets.org/presidential/donordems.asp Peroutka, Michael 143 23 30% 34% METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are calculated from contributions o f more than $200 from individuals, as reported to the Federal Election C ommission. NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2004 election cycle and ba sed on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monda y, October 25, 2004. |
| www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/donordemographics.asp?cycle=2002 THE BIG PICTURE 2002 CYCLE Donor Demographics Only a tiny fraction of Americans actually give campaign contributions to political candidates, parties or PACs. The ones who give contributions large enough to be itemized (over $200) is even smaller. In fact, less t han one-tenth of 1 percent of the US population gave 83 percent of all itemized campaign contributions for the 2002 elections. The numbers on this page are based on contributions from individuals givi ng $200 or more. All donations took place during the 2001-2002 election cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, Ju ne 09, 2003. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please c redit the Center for Responsive Politics. |
| www.opensecrets.org/parties/index.asp Repubs) Political Parties Candidates aren't the only ones raising record amounts of cash -- the pol itical parties collect hundreds of millions of dollars each election cyc le. The parties may only raise "hard money," which is given by individua ls and political action committees and is subject to federal contributio n limits. Until November 2002, the parties also could raise unlimited "s oft money" from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals. For the answers, view our money prof iles for both major parties and for each of their main fundraising commi ttees. |
| www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtes.asp?level=C&cycle=2004 Most 527s on this list are advocacy groups trying to influence federal elections through v oter mobilization efforts and so-called issue ads that tout or criticize a candidate's record. The figures below are taken from 527 group filings w ith the IRS. X * Joint Victory Campaign 2004 is a joint fund-raising committee run by Am erica Coming Together and the Media Fund. Money raised by JVC is divided between these two beneficiaries. Combining receipts for these three gro ups would result in double-counting. NOTE: For ease of identification, the 527 organization names used in this section are those of the connected organization, rather than the offici al name of the 527 account. For example, the "NEA Fund for Children and Public Education" is simply listed as "National Education Assn." This da ta is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Sunda y, October 24, 2004. |
| www.opensecrets.org/527s/527indivs.asp?cycle=2004 Don L Blankenship Massey Energy Rawl, WV $1,685,500 NOTE: This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Serv ice on Sunday, October 24, 2004. Federal law prohibits the use of contri butor information for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for any commercial purpose. |