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Million Dollar Gifts Accounted for Half of Super PACs’ Money in 2011

THE SUPER RICH BOUGHT. SUPER INFLUENCE THROUGH SUPER PACS 17 DONORS GAVE $1 MILLION + MILLION DOLLAR GIFTS Total: $28 M Average $1.7 M Restore Dur Future $30M (Romney) TO THE BIGGEST 9 PACS IN 2011 ACCOUNTED FOR HALF OF THEIR MONEY $1M 73 DONORS GAVE $100 THOUSAND+ American Crossroads $18M Total: $21 M AVERAGE DONATION: Average $289 k $88 Make Us Great Again (Perry) S5M THOUSAND Priorities USA Action (Obama) $4M A THIRD OF THE MONEY CAME FROM ORGANIZATIONS TWO-THIDS OF THE MONEY CAME FROM INDIVIDUALS Dur Destiny (Huntsman) $3M 81 DONORS GAVE $50 THOUSAND+ Total: $8M Winning Our Future (Gingrich) $2M Average $96 k Freedomworks for America $2M 543 DONORS GAVE $200+ Total: $6 M united republic Endorse Liberty (Pauli $1M $100 k ACT LINITEDREPUBLIC DRO $50 k Average $10 k Red White and Blue Fund Santorum $0.BM $200 SOLURCE SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION FEB 2012 PACS WITH THE MOST MONEY IN 2011

Million Dollar Gifts Accounted for Half of Super PACs’ Money in 2011

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Got a million bucks lying around? How about 100 grand? If so, you’re in good company…of the 714 super PAC donors in 2011, who gave an average of $88,000 to the nine biggest non-campaign organizati... ons supporting (or, in many cases, opposing) candidates for president in 2012. With total outside spending on elections now in excess of $100 million and super PACs outspending the official campaigns by as much as 2:1, these 714 donors (who are mostly rich individuals) have already had a major impact on the election this year. What kind of influence do you think they’ll wield in the next administration?