Money in the US Elections: who contributes?
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who-contributes.html>
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Here are some recommendations for tracing research on the role of cash
in the 2012 presidential elections.
The Federal Election Committee <http://www.fec.gov/pindex.shtml> has a
campaign disclosure portal. This has official disclosures from the
candidates, data on contributions and expenditure.
PBS Frontline Big Money 2012
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/big-money-2012/>
has been conducting a major campaign on money in the 2012 elections see
its reports and findings on the website. Note some documentary material
may not be accesible outside the USA.
Sunlight Commission Follow the Money website
<http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending/races/> has
detailed analysis on amouints and sources of money in the races.
There is also a useful blog
<http://sunlightfoundation.com/elections2012/> which highlights the
latest stories concerning transparency.
Open secrets <http://www.opensecrets.org/> Detailed analysis from the
Center for Responsive Politics. This site has clear graphs which track
top donors, sources and disclosure for the candidates.
New York Times <http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance> has
a brief compare the candidates in the money race graph
The Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidentia
l-campaign-ads-2012/> has a graph of spending on political ads by each
party.
The Wall Street Journal <http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/finance>
has a feature called the political money ball which has visual diaplays
of sources of finance for each candidate.
Democracy info
<http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/political_spending/2012_electi
ons.html> also has good visual displays of sources of money
Political Money line <http://pml.cq.com/> is a subscription dataabase
from CQ press . Its website tracks money releated issues in all
campaigns. Its site offers free access to headlines.
Heather Dawson
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