presidential election
Campaign Financing Capture Index: 37.8 Percent of Clinton's Donations Come From the Top 0.1 Percent of Her Donors
30.7 percent of Clinton’s contributions came from donors who contributed more than $100,000. Clinton’s main super PAC raised $8.08 million in July–nearly all of...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Donald Trump Significantly Increases Fundraising from Big Donors
24.2 percent of Trump’s campaign contributions came from donors who gave $100,000 or more, as of late June. In May, large donors accounted for...
The Real Lesson From Brexit
A widespread mistrust of experts can lead to political decisions, like Brexit, that might have negative consequences for the very people who vote for them. How...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: A Third of Hillary Clinton’s Fundraising Comes from Big Donors
The presumptive Democratic nominee has raised 30.5 percent of her campaign contributions from donors who gave more than $100,000. Donald Trump, on the other...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Out of the Remaining Presidential Candidates, Clinton Relies Most on Big Donors
Clinton’s main super PAC, Priorities USA Action, raised $8.5 millions in April. Bernie Sanders remains the only one of the remaining three candidates to...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Historical Comparison Shows the Extent of Growth in Political Contributions From Big Donors
More than a third of total contributions raised by presidential candidates from both parties in the 2016 race come from donors who gave more...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Record Concentration of Political Donors
41.3 percent of the money raised by the Cruz campaign and by PACs and Super PACs backing his candidacy came from donors who gave...
Campaign Financing Capture Index: Candidates on Fundraising Spree Attract Millions from Big Donors
With Marco Rubio out of the race, Ted Cruz is now the candidate with the largest fraction of political contributions over $5,000. Before dropping...
Stigler Center Survey Reveals: Majority of Americans Concerned About the Influence of Campaign Donors on Candidates
Survey: 57 percent of Americans believe candidates who take money from big businesses, unions and special interest groups are under their control.
In the past...
Donald Trump, Crony Capitalist
The sleep of reason produces monsters, at least according to Spanish painter Francisco Goya. What happens when the political reason is intoxicated by vested...
