DATA
Enter
Year of the
PAC Attack
Biggest Super PACs
(Total Spending Thus Far in 2012)
666
Total Number
of Super PACs
(as of July 11, 2012)
HUFFINGTON
MM.dd.yy
After the Supreme Court lifted limits on political
spending by outside groups, an already rising tide
became a flood of cash that promises to alter the
political landscape. —John Stephens
TAP
CIRCLES
FOR INFO
Total Outside Spending by Year
(as of July 11 of each election year)
Key
= Roughly
$1,000,000
Financial data, information and reporting from the Center for Responsive Politics, The New York Times, The Huffington Post and Slate help paint a
picture of the rapidly changing campaign funding environment. The impact of the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling in 2010 can be
clearly seen in the overall surge in outside spending between the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.