This graph shows the expenditure of the so-called super PACs in supporting their candidate in the United States up to November 20, 2012. Super PACs are independent expenditure-only committees, which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates. However, direct coordination and communication between political candidates and super PACs is prohibited. Each of the GOP candidates is or was supported by at least one super PAC. Super-PACs have been spending about 24.77 million U.S. dollars to support Mitt Romney up to November 20.
Most-supported candidates by super PACs in the 2012 election as of November 20, 2012
(in U.S. dollars)
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Wall Street Journal. (November 21, 2012). Most-supported candidates by super PACs in the 2012 election as of November 20, 2012 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/216633/most-supported-candidates-by-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election/
Wall Street Journal. "Most-supported candidates by super PACs in the 2012 election as of November 20, 2012 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 21, 2012. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216633/most-supported-candidates-by-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election/
Wall Street Journal. (2012). Most-supported candidates by super PACs in the 2012 election as of November 20, 2012 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/216633/most-supported-candidates-by-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election/
Wall Street Journal. "Most-supported Candidates by Super Pacs in The 2012 Election as of November 20, 2012 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Nov 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216633/most-supported-candidates-by-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election/
Wall Street Journal, Most-supported candidates by super PACs in the 2012 election as of November 20, 2012 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/216633/most-supported-candidates-by-super-pacs-in-the-2012-election/ (last visited August 13, 2022)
