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> they want citizen’s united to hold so right wing candidates can be funded with unlimited corporate funds but don’t want the woke tech world to police speech
by tarakat 4y ago
> they want citizen’s united to hold so right wing candidates can be funded with unlimited corporate funds but don’t want the woke tech world to police speech
The situation is not nearly so clear-cut. Both parties seem to get about equal amounts of corporate donations, while individual contributions vary. Currently, Democrats get slightly more than Republicans from billionaire donors. From <$200 donors, Republicans got more for the 2016 elections, but now Democrats seem to be taking the lead there too. Sources:
If you sum the donations from https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors?cycle=2018&view=fc https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donor..., Democrats get 20% more donations from ultra-rich individuals (not corporations) than Republicans, in absolute terms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/07/16/the-massive-difference-in-how-democrats-and-republicans-raise-money/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/07/16/th... shows that the Republican Governor's Association raised $11 million from corporate and $13 million from individuals (mostly the ultra-rich), while the Democrat counterpart raised $12.8 million from corporate and only $1 million from individuals.
On the other hand, the 2012 Trump campaign got more funds from small (<$200) contributions than Hillary's - $239 million, which amounted to 69% of his individual contributions, compared to Hillary's $137 million, which amounted to 22% of her individual contributions: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/13/kayleigh-mcenany/trump-raised-more-dollars-small-donations/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/13/kayleigh-m...
And many corporations have cut ties with election objector Republicans: https://fortune.com/2022/02/15/political-donations-corporate-congressional-fundraising-election-objectors-jan-6-republicans-gop/ https://fortune.com/2022/02/15/political-donations-corporate...
For actual corporate donations, those go through PACs. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/2020 https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs... shows the split by party and year.