Previously, we described our FEC research into itemized donations by individuals to campaigns for House, Senate, and President, and which were filed during the calendar year 2020. The map we demonstrated in that post is in a style we call “king of the hill” in that it shows you the winner between different lines within […]
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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and NYC
Everybody in politics has an opinion about ranked choice voting; our perspective is that RCV is good and lawful because voters want it and we are glad that it is in play. Beyond that, my own opinion is one of skepticism. Not in the sense of thinking “this will be bad” but skepticism in the […]
Retired Americans
When making contributions to Federal candidates for office (House, Senate, President), donors are asked to list their occupation as well as their employer. This allows committees to meet their own compliance burden to report such information to the FEC. Our research of Schedule A Itemized Contributions by Individuals (more on entity-types later) to Federal candidates […]