Hey Team!
2020 was one of the most exciting and high-stakes elections of our lifetime, up and down the ballot. And we have the data to back that up.
Almost $7 billion was raised by federal candidates of both parties this year, more than double the $3 billion in 2016 and in 2012, demonstrating a high amount of engagement surrounding this year''s elections. Take a look!
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Contributions to gubernatorial and state legislative candidates also surpassed the amount raised in the last comparable elections of 2016 and 2012.
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Earlier this month, we teamed up with the Center of Responsive Politics to bring you a joint report including the statistics above. The in-depth joint report breaks down these record numbers even more by factors such as small dollar vs. big dollar donors to federal candidates, out-of-state donations to congressional and state races, and more. You can check out the entire report here.
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