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The Wave Election (Original Post)
n2doc
Nov 2014
OP
Except someone else pointed out that left vs right spending on Senate races
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2014
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)1. Except someone else pointed out that left vs right spending on Senate races
was only about a 3% difference. The waves were coming from both directions, but the electorate bailed out in only one direction.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)2. Here's my proof
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/21/dark-money-spending-key-senate-races-shattering-records-report
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/29/record-dark-money-election-chamber-commerce-top-shadowy-spender-report
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/29/record-dark-money-election-chamber-commerce-top-shadowy-spender-report
Where's yours?
While the biggest spender overall is a Democratic-aligned Super PAC, the Senate Majority PAC at $29,083,280, the report found that outside spending in favor of Republicans is much more likely to be dark money, which thus far make up 80 percent of nonparty outside expenditures.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/29/record-dark-money-election-chamber-commerce-top-shadowy-spender-report
This election season, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is coming out aheadas the number one dark money spender of 2014, watchdog Public Citizen revealed in a report released Wednesday.
"In a record year for dark money expenditures, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading the way," reads the report, entitled The Dark Side of Citizens United, which is based on data from the Center for Responsive Politics analyzed by Public Citizen's U.S. Chamber Watch. "The waves of non-disclosed money flooding elections threaten to disempower and discourage voters, making government less transparent and less accountable."
"In a record year for dark money expenditures, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading the way," reads the report, entitled The Dark Side of Citizens United, which is based on data from the Center for Responsive Politics analyzed by Public Citizen's U.S. Chamber Watch. "The waves of non-disclosed money flooding elections threaten to disempower and discourage voters, making government less transparent and less accountable."
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/29/record-dark-money-election-chamber-commerce-top-shadowy-spender-report
Where's yours?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)3. I don't know from 'proof', but here's the link to joshcryer's OP
which has his links in it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5765813