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Campaign Finance: The Challenges
Part I: The Spending Picture
Total Cost of U.S. Elections (Source: Center for Responsive Politics)
The figures below include all dollars spent by presidential candidates, Senate and House candidates, political parties and independent interest groups trying to influence federal elections.
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Spending to Date by Obama and Romney Campaigns (Source: Center for
Responsive Politics)
|Candidate |Amount Spent |
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| |$262,968,849 |
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| | |
| |$163,205,427 |
Part 2: Campaign Contributions to Candidates That Are Limited by Law
Campaign Contribution Limits (Source: Federal Election Commission)
| |To each candidate per |To political parties per|To political action |Special Limits |
| |election |year |committees (PACs)1 per | |
| | | |year | |
|Individual may give |$2,500 |$40,800 |$5,000 |$117,000 overall biennial limit |
|PAC (multicandidate)2 |$5,000 |$20,000 |$5,000 |No limit |
|may give | | | | |
|PAC (not multicandidate)3 |$2,500 |$40,800 |$5,000 |No limit |
|may give | | | | |
|Corporations, Labor Unions and |Not permitted |Not permitted |Not permitted | |
|Foreign Citizens | | | | |
Source of Funds to Date for Candidate Barack Obama (Source: Center for
Responsive Politics)
The table below breaks down financial contributions to the campaign of President Obama.
| | | |
|Source of Funds |Dollar Amount |Percentage |
|Individual Contributions (Total)4 |347,909,254 |>99% |
| | | |
|- Small Individual Contributions5 |137,921,783 |40% |
| | | |
|- Large Individual Contributions6 |213,696,880 |61% |
| | | |
|PAC Contributions7 |0 |0% |
| | | |
|Candidate self-financing8 |5,000 |0% |
| | | |
|Federal Funds9 |0 |0% |
| | | |
|Other10 |495,859 |99% |
| | | |
|- Small Individual Contributions |37,310,424 |19% |
| | | |
|- Large Individual Contributions |156,626,329 |81% |
| | | |
|PAC Contributions Candidate self-financing Federal Funds |838,481 | ................
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