Citizens United
Demos strongly supports the Attorney General's proposal to require 501(c)(4) organizations that spend at least $10,000 to influence New York state and local elections to disclose the identity of their donors who have contributed more than $100.
These new regulations will improve accountability and...
02/27/2013
Publication
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that next term it will hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a challenge to limits on the amount of money that a single person may contribute to all federal candidates and parties over a two-year election cycle, known as aggregate...
02/21/2013
Blog
The first presidential election since Citizens United lived up to its hype, with unprecedented outside spending from new sources making headlines.
Demos and U.S. PIRG Education Fund analysis of reports from campaigns, parties, and outside spenders to the Federal Election Commission found that our...
01/17/2013
Publication
Do you miss them? With the election over, Tammy and Tommy disappeared and no longer dominate every commercial break in Wisconsin. Those ads were the most visible manifestation of the unprecedented money spent by outside groups and extremely wealthy individuals taking advantage of the post-Citizens...
11/20/2012
News/Resource
WASHINGTON – A new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by U.S. PIRG and Demos shows that just 61 large donors to Super PACs giving an average of $4.7 million each matched the $285.2 million in grassroots contributions from more than 1,...
11/09/2012
Press Release
