Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election

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Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election

By Clara Ence Morse, Luis Melgar and Maeve Reston
August 26, 2024 at 6:05 a.m.

The 50 biggest donors this cycle have collectively pumped $1.5 billion into political committees and other groups competing in the election, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission data.

The vast majority of money from top donors has gone to super PACs, which can accept unlimited sums from individuals and often work closely with campaigns despite rules against coordinating their advertising.

Top individual donors

From billionaire investors to shipping magnates, these megadonors skew Republican, though they affiliate with both parties. Here’s who they are and their top donations.

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Clara Ence Morse
Clara Ence Morse is a political data reporter at The Washington Post. She joined The Post as the Investigative Reporting Workshop intern with the Data team, and previously served as the editor in chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator. She lives in Washington, D.C.@ccemorse

Luis Melgar
Luis Melgar is a graphics reporter at The Washington Post. Before joining The Post in 2022, he was a graphics developer at the Urban Institute.

Maeve Reston
Maeve Reston is a national political reporter for The Washington Post covering the 2024 presidential race and the politics of the West. She joined The Post in 2023 after covering politics and five presidential campaigns at CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Austin American-Statesman. @MaeveReston

[mucifer]

1. Yea, it's not a real democracy IMO when money plays such a crucial role. I will always vote. But,

with citizen's united and lobbying and the electoral college the politicians can't do all the things they would like to do. Lots of them are just bought and paid for legally.

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2. Bookmarked

Thanks saved it.