Explore companies, lawmakers and prominent individuals that matter to you and see how they're influencing the political system
What's New
Influence Explorer now includes data on lobbyist bundling: lobbyist and lobbying firms that collect contributions from other donors on behalf of politicians. Through bundling, a donor who could normally only give a limited amount of money is able to present a candidate with far larger amounts of money. To get started, check out our overview of lobbyist bundling data, or look for the new Bundled Contributions table on politician pages, lobbyist pages and lobbying firm pages.
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Influence Explored
regularly updated news and analysis using Influence ExplorerThe who's who of top political donors
There are almost 27,000 people—or 1/100th of one percent of the United States population—who spent more than $10,000 to influence elections during the 2010 election cycle.
The top 10 people from this elite class of donors together spent more than $23 million on the last election. The majority of that money went to Super PACs used for independent expenditures. Eight ...
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