Sixteen candidates have already come and gone in the 2016 election, raising (and spending) millions of dollars along the way. But campaigns tend to come to an abrupt end — usually with some cash left over.
Continue readingWhere are the 1% of the 1%? Big donors of elections past already fueling 2016
Earlier this year, we took a look at the biggest political donors in 2014, whom we dubbed the 1% of the 1%. As we look through campaign spending now, it’s not surprising to see those same names pop up.
Continue readingOutside groups’ influence on 2016 election grows, super PAC filings show
Friday's super PAC filing deadline gave the public its first look into the outside groups fueling 2016 presidential candidates — and they look to be playing an even more outsized role in the race than ever.
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 readingPartisanship is a profit center for founder of new Scott Walker super PAC
A new super PAC is soliciting donations to draft Scott Walker for president. Specifics on how the donations will be used, however, are still hazy.
Continue readingUnlike potential opponents, Ted Cruz starts playing by the presidential rules
By being the first major candidate to publicly acknowledge his presidential ambitions, Ted Cruz also became the first to be bound by the nation's campaign finance laws. When will his rivals follow him?
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.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Becerra’s time to govern, Bishop tweets the Grammys and more
This week, Politwoops, the archive of deleted tweets from politicians, caught some poor word choices and a criticism of the entertainment industry.
Continue readingWisconsin governor scandal shows states as the new front in fight for dark money disclosure
It's still an open question whether the allegations brought against Scott Walker will end his career, but they could signal the beginning of the end to loopholes that wealthy donors use to keep their names out the public eye.
Continue readingAbortion restrictions going viral?
As state lawmakers in Texas and North Carolina move towards enacting tough new limits on abortions, Sunlight decided to use some of our data tools to see how far the trend is spreading nationwide. To do so, we lifted key phrases from four of the most restrictive abortion bills that have either been enacted or considered recently and ran those terms through our Open States database, which surveys activity in all 50 state legislatures.
Restrictive abortion bills on the move in 2013
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