WASHINGTON ― The super rich have managed to increase their influence on elections, even though the 2016 presidential race will cost less than the previous one, reversing a longtime trend.Source: Super PAC Mega-Donors Expand Election Influence With Record $1 Billion In Contributions...
Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in October 2016.Source: The final stretch: The big-spending super PACs behind Hillary Clinton...
The revival of Hillary Clinton’s email woes and a trend toward tightening polls are giving Donald Trump new hope of winning the White House. Could this election go into overtime?Source: Better hope the election's not close: Michael McDonald...
Source: Spending on California ballot measures nears the half-billion mark...
The election season was in full swing in December when John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, had a conversation with billionaire philanthropist Herb Sandler about doubling his giving to Priorities USA, the chief super PAC supporting Mrs. Clinton. Mr.Source: John Podesta, Clinton campaign aided super PACs despite stance against big money...
In an election year that has brought out the very worst in us, the mounting anxiety around the act of voting itself should hardly surprise us.Source: Who Watches the Poll Watchers?...
WASHINGTON — A U.S.Source: Judge in Trump voter intimidation suit wants to know if campaign coordinated with GOP...
Democratic Party officials filed lawsuits in four states this week against presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Republican Party, accusing campaign officials and supporters of seeking to threaten minorities to keep them from voting.Source: Democrats sue Trump, Republicans in four states and allege ‘campaign of vigilante voter intimidation’...
Source: UPDATE: Federal judge upholds Montana campaign disclosure law...
Source: Election Spending 2016: Outside Groups Outspend Candidates and Parties in Key Senate Races...
