This statistic shows the total spending by outside groups during election cycles in the United States from 1990 to 2016. As of November 16, 2016 outside groups had spent over 1.4 billion U.S. dollars during the 2016 election cycle.
Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Spending and Advertising in the U.S. Presidential Election 2016
Campaign Finance
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- Basic Statistic Expenditures of Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top 10 recipients of expenditures Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top donors to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign committee
- Basic Statistic Industry contributions to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign committee
- Basic Statistic Expenditures of Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top 10 recipients of expenditures Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top donors to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign committee
- Basic Statistic Industry contributions to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign committee
Political Action Committees
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- Basic Statistic Top 10 PACs advocating for Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top 10 PACs advocating against Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top donors to PACs supporting Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Industry contributions to PACs supporting Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top 10 PACs advocating for Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top 10 PACs advocating against Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Top donors to PACs supporting Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
- Basic Statistic Industry contributions to PACs supporting Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
Political Ad Spending
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- Premium Statistic U.S. presidential election 2016 - ad spend
- Basic Statistic Number of ads aired for U.S. political races August 2016, by race type
- Basic Statistic Number of ads aired for U.S. political races 2012-2016, by race type
- Basic Statistic Number of ads aired for 2016 U.S. presidential election, by sponsor
- Basic Statistic Top 10 media markets in the 2016 U.S. presidential race as of August, by ad airings
- Basic Statistic Number of ads aired by outside groups for U.S. presidential election August 2016
- Basic Statistic Cost of ads aired for U.S. political races August 2016, by race type
- Basic Statistic Cost of ads aired for 2016 U.S. presidential election, by sponsor
Further related statistics
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- Outside spending in the 2016 election cycle, by group type
- Outside spending for and against parties 2016 U.S. presidential election
- Top 10 U.S. political races in 2016, by spending by outside groups
- Contributions to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, by source
- Contributions to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by source
- Contributions to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- Contributions to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- Contributions to Gary Johnson's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- U.S. election contributions by the tobacco industry 1990-2010
- U.S. political contributions by electric companies 2011-2015
- Global Gender Gap score for political empowerment Malaysia 2012-2021
- Campaign contributions to presidential candidate Trump by county U.S. October 2020
- Campaign contributions to presidential candidate Biden by county U.S. October 2020
- Debts of political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
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- Outside spending for and against parties 2016 U.S. presidential election
- Top 10 U.S. political races in 2016, by spending by outside groups
- Contributions to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, by source
- Contributions to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by source
- Contributions to Hillary Clinton's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- Contributions to Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- Contributions to Gary Johnson's 2016 U.S. presidential capaign, by size
- U.S. election contributions by the tobacco industry 1990-2010
- U.S. political contributions by electric companies 2011-2015
- Global Gender Gap score for political empowerment Malaysia 2012-2021
- Campaign contributions to presidential candidate Trump by county U.S. October 2020
- Campaign contributions to presidential candidate Biden by county U.S. October 2020
- Debts of political parties in 2016 U.S. election cycle
opensecrets.org. (November 16, 2016). Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/
opensecrets.org. "Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/
opensecrets.org. (2016). Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/
opensecrets.org. "Outside Group Spending in United States Political Cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/
opensecrets.org, Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Outside group spending in United States political cycles from 1990 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], opensecrets.org, November 16, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/611303/outside-spending-in-us-political-cycles/