Sunlight Foundation

The Sunlight Foundation was on site at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to cover the party scene, donor influence and more:

• Sunlight's Position

  • DNC: In Terms of Transparency, the First Step is Admitting There is a Problem

  • RNC: GOP Platform Moves from Light to Dark

• Projects

  • Sunlight at the Conventions

    Sunlight's hub page that ran during the conventions.

  • Convention Invitations in Political Party Time

    The full list of all fundraisers tagged 'convention' in the Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time site.

  • Map of the Parties at the 2012 DNC

  • Map of the Parties at the 2012 RNC

• Reporting

  • The three-tiered pyramid convention

  • At Democratic super PACs briefing, strategists ask for more cash

  • Taxpayers paying for convention observers

• Editorials

  • USA Today: At party conventions, real business is off-camera

• TV

  • NBC: DNC courts corporate donors for convention help

  • ABC: Dems Treat Big-Money Backers Like Royalty

• Articles

  • New York Times: For Big Givers, Cash and Clout Arrive Together

  • CNN: The party crasher: Finding where politicians, special interests meet

  • Bill Moyers: Party Time! Who’s Behind the Best Parties in Tampa?

  • Bloomberg: AT&T, Visa Plan Parties With Lawmakers at Political Conventions