This graph shows the 20 non-committee groups that spent the most amount of money supporting or opposing the Republican Party or candidate or the Democratic Party or candidate, in the 2012 elections, as of October 1. As of October 1, the non-committee group "Americans For Prosperity" spent most money during this election cycle with expenditures opposing the Democrats of about 31 million U.S. dollars.
Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures
(in million U.S. dollars)
Only the top 20 groups, by amount spent, are shown here.
Non-committee groups are not registered with the Federal Election Comission as poitical committees because they say their major purpose is not political.
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Sunlight Foundation. (October 1, 2012). Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/
Sunlight Foundation. "Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 1, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/
Sunlight Foundation. (2012). Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/
Sunlight Foundation. "Ranking of The Most Important Non-committee Groups in The 2012 Elections as of October 1, by Independent Expenditures (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/
Sunlight Foundation, Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Ranking of the most important non-committee groups in the 2012 elections as of October 1, by independent expenditures (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sunlight Foundation, October 1, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/243091/most-important-non-committee-groups-in-the-2012-elections-by-expenditures/
