“Elite ‘bundlers’ raise more than $113 million for Hillary Clinton”
Michael Beckel reports for CPI.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Reforming the Contested Convention: Rethinking the Presidential Nomination Process”
Michael Morley has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract:
The presidential nomination process used by the Democrat and Republican Parties is an ill-considered, unstable pastiche of competing components that generally operate in fundamentally… Continue reading
“Russian hackers trying to influence U.S. elections, conclude top Intel Democrats”
Politico reports.
The top Democrats on the House and Senate Intelligence panels said Thursday that they are convinced, based on briefings, that senior Russian officials are trying to sway or disrupt the U.S. elections.
“Based on briefings we have received,… Continue reading
“How John McCain and Russ Feingold are riding the big money wave in their campaigns”
WaPo:
John McCain and Russ Feingold used to be synonymous with their crusading overhaul of the campaign finance system that eliminated big money from federal elections.
But after a sea change to campaign finance laws following the Supreme Court “Citizens… Continue reading
“USA TODAY analysis: Super PAC donations surge past $1 billion”
And nearly half the money came from 62 individuals, companies and unions.
“Hillary Clinton Struggles to Replicate Obama’s Small-Donor Juggernaut”
NYT:
In an illustration of the lack of enthusiasm for her among some liberal activists, just 24 percent of the contributors to Mrs. Clinton’s campaign so far have given $200 or less. In 2012, 43 percent of the money… Continue reading
“Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and $25K: Was it pay to play?”
Politifact Florida:
With some of the facts of the case unknown, Clinton’s ad makes claims that cannot be proven. For that reason, we decided to not put this statement on our Truth-O-Meter. Still, with all the news stories re-circulating about… Continue reading
“When the Electoral Map Governs Presidential Campaign Strategy”
John Harwood for the NYT:
Donald J. Trump’s progress in national polls has done something in the 2016 presidential race that is unusual. It has made the Electoral College matter.
Usually it doesn’t. Because voter preferences are distributed relatively… Continue reading
Is a Vote for Stein or Johnson a Vote for Trump? Yes Without Instant Runoff Voting
I have written this USA Today oped: (with a condescending headline I did not choose)
Many Millennials and other voters who are cool toward Hillary Clinton, and warming up to Libertarian Party candidate Johnson or Green Party candidate… Continue reading
“Sheldon Adelson Backs G.O.P. Congressional Candidates More Than Donald Trump”
NYT:
The Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon G. Adelson is shifting tens of millions of dollars into groups backing congressional Republicans despite months of entreaties from allies of Donald J. Trump, according to several Republicans with knowledge of Mr. Adelson’s… Continue reading
Adelson Gives Trump Super PAC a Relatively Paltry Sum of $5 Million; More Generous Supporting Rs for House and Senate
CNN:
Conservative megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have committed roughly $45 million so far to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and downballot Republicans’ attempt to control Congress, according to a person familiar with Adelson’s thinking.
The billionaire on Tuesday… Continue reading
“Trump shatters GOP records with small donors”
Politico:
Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they’ve watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama,… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Anything-Goes Campaign Sets an Alarming Political Precedent”
Important Jonathan Martin NYT news analysis:
In fact, this past week offered a vivid illustration of how little regard Mr. Trump has for the long-held expectations of America’s leaders. He is not only breaking the country’s political norms, he and… Continue reading
“In major shift, Koch consolidates network of advocacy groups into Americans for Prosperity”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
Billionaire Charles Koch is consolidating the array of conservative advocacy groups financed by his donor network, merging all the organizations into the main political arm, Americans for Prosperity, officials announced Friday.
Network leaders cast the surprising… Continue reading