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I was curious so I looked at the funding of many key (and lesser known) races on opensecrets.org, and the difference is stark Democrats out-raised and out-spen
by jerkstate 4y ago
I was curious so I looked at the funding of many key (and lesser known) races on opensecrets.org, and the difference is stark
Democrats out-raised and out-spent their Republican opponents by a factor of 1.5-3x in the most competitive senate races; sometimes much higher. Examples:
Arizona Senate: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=AZS1 https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=AZS1 ($80m to $12m)
Florida Senate: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=FLS2 https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=FLS2 ($72m to $46m)
Ohio senate: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=OHS2 https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=OHS2 ($47m to $12m)
Pennsylvania senate: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=PAS1 https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=PAS1 ($56m to $40m)
Georgia senate: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=GAS2 https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2022&id=GAS2 ($98m to $58m)
There were several cases of republicans out-raising democrats significantly, where the republican was a well-known incumbent (Gaetz, Boebert, McCarthy). This was also the case for well-known incumbent democrats (Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer). But the balance of money was firmly on the D side for this election cycle. Do we know what races the stolen money ended up in?
- robswc 4y agoWow. Honestly shocking the difference in money raised/spent. I bet if you polled the average person, they would guess the exact opposite.