[EL] 2012 presidential spending by corps and unions

[Sheila Krumholz]

Thanks for the citations. And here are our latest figures for (disclosed)
contributions to outside spending groups that spent *any *money on the 2012
presidential race:

    Viewpt Indiv/Org Business Ideo Labor Other  Non-Ideological
Organization $8,454
$7,500 $0 $0  Non-Ideological Individual  $95,462 $0 $0 $20,534
Conservative Organization $58,265,484 $7,104,642 $0 $185,000  Conservative
Individual  $212,898,800 $815,997 $0 $18,677,285  Liberal Organization
$8,381,896
$7,202,242 $55,304,956 $275,500  Liberal Individual  $86,264,961
$2,735,718 $34,750
$23,862,216  Total:
$365,915,057 $17,866,099 $55,339,706 $43,020,535
If you wish to have these emailed to you in Excel, please let me know. If
you have questions about the methodology used, please contact CRP
researcher Robert Maguire at rmaguire at crp.org. We will be adding this
analysis to the OpenSecrets.org Outside Spending section soon.

Sheila

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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Beckel, Michael <
mbeckel at publicintegrity.org> wrote:

> Here at the Center for Public Integrity, we did a joint analysis with the
> Center for Responsive Politics that focused strictly on donors to super
> PACs. We found that companies had contributed about $75 million to super
> PACs from their treasuries, while unions contributed about $60 million,
> through Oct. 17th. Overall, super PACs collectively raised about $660
> million through that date.
>
> That investigation can be found here:
>
> http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/11/02/11689/mystery-firm-elections-top-corporate-donor-53-million
>
> Seconding what Rick said, both the Center for Responsive Politics and
> Sunlight Foundation would be good places to look for more detailed numbers.
>
> Sincerely,
> Michael Beckel
> Reporter
> Center for Public Integrity
>
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> Subject: Re: [EL] 2012 presidential spending by corps and unions
>
> Here's a great place to start:
>
> http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/index.php
>
>
> On 11/13/12 9:15 AM, john.k.tanner at gmail.com wrote:
> > I am interested in those figures as well Sent from my Verizon Wireless
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