Meet the megadonors pumping over $2.5 billion into the election

The 50 biggest donors this cycle have collectively donated over $2.5 billion into political committees and other groups competing in the election, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission data.

These megadonors skew Republican, though they affiliate with Democrats and third parties as well.

Donations by top 50 individuals and organizations to committees that are mostly …

Republican-leaning

$1.6B

Democrat-leaning

$752.3M

supportive of both parties

$214M

Cryptocurrency and realtor groups were the only donors to both major parties

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.

…list of donors at link':

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/biggest-campaign-donors-election-2024/