Political donations of the powerful, rich, and famous

[Kalar]

Just came across this (http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/) site today called Newsmeat.com (http://www.newsmeat.com/). It keeps track of and has a campaign contribution search of individual donations of $200 or more since 1978.

Richard DeVos (bio) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DeVos)
Amway co-founder; Orlando Magic owner:

$707,687* Republican
$2,500 Democrat
$2,168,500 special interest
total: $2,878,687
Election Picks: 95 wins, 99 losses


Damn. I wish I had that amount of money to toss around.

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The site also keeps track of the money every one has spent in '08 on their run to the oval office. The biggest ones on the left and right are:

...................................Spent.......... ..On Hand
Mitt Romney (R).........$87,644,955.......$2,431,447
Barack Obama (D).......$85,176,289.......$18,626,248

[IrishWhiskey]

Neat, you can also see who the candidates donated to:
http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Mitt_Romney.php
http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Barack_Obama.php

Although it looks like it doesn't count the amount they spend on their own campaigns.

[PathMaster]

Thanks for the link, already used it to backup something I said earlier. ;)