2014 Midterm Election Was The Most Expensive One Yet
Via NPR
As the presidential hopefuls chase after big donors, the Center for Responsive Politics brings us a quick look in the rearview mirror:
The 2014 congressional midterm elections cost $3.77 billion, the center says, making them — no surprise here — the most expensive midterms yet. CRP also reports that those dollars appeared to come from a smaller cadre of donors — 773,582, the center says. That’s about 5 percent fewer than in the 2010 midterms.
CRP found that the average contribution swelled from $1,800 in 2010, to slightly more than $8,000 in 2014. That appears to reflect the growth of superPACs, political committees created by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and other court decisions earlier in 2010. SuperPACs disclose their donors but have no contribution limits.
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