Outside Spending, Outside Influence

OUTSIDE SPENDING, OUTSIZED INFLUENCE MEGAPHONES FOR MILLIONAIRES A DEMOS.ORG GRAPHIC SUPER PACS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 82 PERCENT OF REPORTED OUTSIDE SPENDING IN 2012. 1% $1m H 2% $3m H 5% $9m H H <1% $127k 5% $9m H 82% I SUPER PACS I 527 POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDES PACS & PARTIES) $137m I (c)4s I (c)6s (TRADE ASSOCIATIONS) (c)5s (UNIONS) OTHER 57 PERCENT OF SUPER PAC MONEY CAME FROM JUST 47 PEOPLE. 57% SECRET MONEY: FOUR OUT OF THE 10 SUPER PACS THAT RAISED THE MOST MONEY IN THE 2012 CYCLE RECEIVED MONEY FROM UNTRACEABLE SOURCES. 24 2$ 2$ $4 WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 32% WEALTHY RESPONDENTS 13% GENERAL PUBLIC LISTING DEFICIT AS MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM 11% WEALTHY RESPONDENTS 26% GENERAL PUBLIC LISTING UNEMPLOYMENT AS MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM LEARN MORE AT DEMOS.ORG Dēmos %24 %24 %24 %24