Top 10 PACs advocating for Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
This statistic shows the top ten PACs advocating for Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As of August 2016, over 7.8 million U.S. dollars was spent by the Great America PAC to advocate for Donald Trump's campaign.
Political Action Committees
Political Action Committees (PACs) is the term used for entities organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to influence the election of a political candidate. Any organization that accepts or spends more than 2,600 U.S. dollars in order to influence a federal election is considered to be a PAC and must register as such.
Super PACs were born as a result of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision which overturned provisions in the McCain-Feingold Act. This allowed unions and corporations to be able to make indirect contributions to support or oppose political campaigns.
Both PACs must list their donors publicly. Regular PACs can contribute up to 5,000 U.S. dollars to a candidate’s campaign, while super PACs are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they don’t directly contribute to a candidate’s campaign. They may advocate for or against a candidate independently.
Of the remaining candidates for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton has been, by far, the largest beneficiary of independent fundraising, with more than 84 million being raised to support her candidacy. The top donor to PACs supporting her is Soros Fund Management. The top super PAC supporting Clinton’s campaign is Priorities Action USA, which has spent over 5 million U.S. dollars advocating for the candidate. In contrast, of PACs targeting Donald Trump’s campaign, far more money has been spent opposing his candidacy than supporting it.
Political Action Committees
Political Action Committees (PACs) is the term used for entities organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to influence the election of a political candidate. Any organization that accepts or spends more than 2,600 U.S. dollars in order to influence a federal election is considered to be a PAC and must register as such.
Super PACs were born as a result of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision which overturned provisions in the McCain-Feingold Act. This allowed unions and corporations to be able to make indirect contributions to support or oppose political campaigns.
Both PACs must list their donors publicly. Regular PACs can contribute up to 5,000 U.S. dollars to a candidate’s campaign, while super PACs are able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they don’t directly contribute to a candidate’s campaign. They may advocate for or against a candidate independently.
Of the remaining candidates for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton has been, by far, the largest beneficiary of independent fundraising, with more than 84 million being raised to support her candidacy. The top donor to PACs supporting her is Soros Fund Management. The top super PAC supporting Clinton’s campaign is Priorities Action USA, which has spent over 5 million U.S. dollars advocating for the candidate. In contrast, of PACs targeting Donald Trump’s campaign, far more money has been spent opposing his candidacy than supporting it.
