This graph shows the Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation. In October 2012, Republican super PACs received a total amount of 55.7 million U.S. dollars.
Super PACs are independent expenditure-only committees, which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates. However, direct coordination and communication between political candidates and super PACs is prohibited. Each of the GOP candidates is supported by at least one super PAC.
Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Sunlight Foundation. (November 21, 2012). Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/
Sunlight Foundation. "Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 21, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/
Sunlight Foundation. (2012). Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/
Sunlight Foundation. "Monthly Contributions to Super Pacs in The 2012 Election from 2011 up to October 2012, by Party Orientation (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Nov 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/
Sunlight Foundation, Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Monthly contributions to super PACs in the 2012 election from 2011 up to October 2012, by party orientation (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sunlight Foundation, November 21, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243026/monthly-contributions-to-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election-by-party-orientation/
