Newsweek- Former President Donald Trump held more campaign events than Vice President Kamala Harris in September and the first week of October, Newsweek analysis shows. The candidates are in the home stretch, filling their schedules with campaign events before Americans go to the ballot box. Election Day is November 5. Including the September 10 presidential debate, Trump held 21 events last month, including an address in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 30 after Hurricane Helene. Harris held 15 events, including the debate, a talk at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 14 and a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 2024 Leadership Conference on September 18.
WhoWhatWhy - The cost of this year’s federal election is expected to reach nearly $16 billion, with much of that money coming from deep-pocketed donors instead of regular Americans, according to an analysis by campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets...
“Spending on the 2024 election cycle started slowly but ramped up significantly when Vice President Harris took over the Democratic nomination.” said Sarah Bryner, OpenSecrets’ director of research and strategy. “While it may be true that after inflation adjustments, 2024 doesn’t exceed the 2020 records, we must also remember that 2020 itself smashed previous records. And increased spending by outside spending groups and costlier House and Senate races continue to drive the total cost of the federal election upward.”....
The top 5 donors this year, all of whom supported Republicans, accounted for more than $400 million in total donations, which amounts to about 5 percent of all spending.
The top 100 donors gave a total of 16 percent of all donations, which is the same amount as all small-money donors ($200 or less) contributed combined.
Finally, the top 1 percent of donors accounted for half of all federal campaign spending.
No comments:
Post a Comment