Our Revolution launched this week to support “candidates in lockstep with [Bernie] Sanders' ideals.” But as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the group would not be required to disclose its donors.
Continue readingFollowing the money behind the nearly $500 million 2016 Democratic primary
Sunlight estimates the Democratic primary resulted in about $445 million spent by Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, as well as their allied super PACs and other groups.
Continue readingWho’s winning the 2016 money race?
Yesterday night was the deadline for campaigns and PACs to file their latest campaign finance reports. Here's the rundown of who's winning the 2016 money race.
Continue readingBernie Sanders benefits from $569,000 in super PAC support from nurses union
Bernie Sanders often decries the use of big money in politics, but a union-affiliated super PAC is spending hundreds of thousands in support of him — whether he wants it or not.
Continue readingDonald Trump may be a self-starter, but he’s not self-funded
Donald Trump loves to emphasize his self-funding, but is he really sustaining his 2016 run without any outside support?
Continue readingLarge amounts of money are going to presidential candidates, but not directly
More money has been raised for presidential candidates in the first six months of the 2016 election cycle than in the same period during the previous two presidential cycles, but only a fraction is directly controlled by campaigns.
Continue readingFeingold’s comeback bid gets major jolt from online donors
Russ Feingold's comeback bid for the Senate earned nearly $1 million from online donors over a six-week period, early reports by online fundraising platform ActBlue show. His online donations led all other congressional candidates and committees over that period.
Continue readingDeletes of the Week: Presidential campaigns on Twitter
The digital fumbles of 2016 presidential contenders offer a window into their social media team's organization, communications strategy and, perhaps, their viability as a candidate.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Politicians try out Meerkat
In this week's review of deleted Twitter activity archived on Politwoops, we'll look at how politicians are quickly adopting the latest hyped app in the tech world, Meerkat.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Hiding campaign connections, playing coy about 2016 and more
This week's roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops includes a campaign-related image deleted from an official account, another possible 2016 contender removing a reference to them as a candidate and more.
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