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  4. Incumbent Advantage 
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  6. Most Expensive Races 
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  8. Donors 
  9. Donor Demographics 
  10. Who Are the Biggest Donors? 
  11. Top Organization Contributors 
  12. Top Political Action Committees 
  13. Large Versus Small Individual Donations 
  14. Candidates 
  15. Fundraising Totals 
  16. Candidate Counts 
  17. Top Self-Funding Candidates 
  18. Candidate-to-Candidate Giving 
  19. Party to Candidate Giving 
  20. Reelection Rates 
  21. In-District vs. Out-of-District 
  22. In-State vs. Out-of-State 
  23. Where the Money Came From 
  24. Women in Congress 
  25. Source of Funds 
  26. Business-Labor-Ideology Split 
  27. Top Industries 
  28. Sector Totals 
  29. Most Partisan Industries 
  30. Geography 
  31. Totals by State 
  32. Totals by Metro Area 
  33. Totals by Zip Code 
  34. Contribution Limits 

Only a tiny fraction of Americans actually give campaign contributions to political candidates, parties or PACs. The ones who give contributions large enough to be itemized (over $200) is even smaller. The impact of those donations, however, is huge. Read more about the impact of mega donors in More Money, Less Transparency: A Decade Under Citizen's United.

Gender split, by number of donors

Male Donors: 55.00%
Female Donors: 45.00%
Male Donors 1,846,376 55.00%
Female Donors 1,510,544 45.00%

Gender split, by amount contributed

Male Donors: 67.69%
Female Donors: 32.31%
Male Donors $6,966,303,282 67.69%
Female Donors $3,325,043,129 32.31%

Population Totals

Female Male
Total US population (estimate) 166,650,550 161,588,973
Pct of US population giving $200+ 0.906% 1.143%
Pct of US population giving $3,300+ 0.099% 0.161%
Total US adult population (age 18 & over) 131,004,392 124,267,346
Pct of US adult population giving $200+ 1.153% 1.486%
Pct of US adult population giving $3,300+ 0.126% 0.21%

What party did donors giving more than $200 favor in the 2024 cycle?

Count Total To Democrats To Republicans
Female Donors giving $200+ 1,510,544 $3,325,043,129 $1,469,500,086 $750,104,929
Male Donors giving $200+ 1,846,376 $6,966,303,282 $1,947,012,799 $1,764,978,771
Female Donors giving $200+ only to candidates/parties 614,927 $690,459,519 $430,762,253 $243,747,546
Male Donors giving $200+ only to candidates/parties 884,301 $1,194,279,437 $615,648,744 $552,669,035
Female Donors giving $200+ only to PACs 120,769 $158,623,704.00 N/A N/A
Male Donors giving $200+ only to PACs 254,206 $397,554,712.00 N/A N/A

How many donors have given over $3.300 (the maximum allowed contribution to a single candidate) in contributions in the 2024 cycle?

Count Total To Democrats To Republicans To PACs
Female Donors giving $200-$3,299 1,344,534 $912,514,073 $484,316,657 $222,955,213 $194,920,969
Male Donors giving $200-$3,299 1,582,039 $1,156,253,335 $470,228,793 $402,781,467 $271,034,637
Female Donors giving $3,300+ 166,010 $2,412,529,056 $985,183,429 $527,149,716 $507,868,293
Male Donors giving $3,300+ 264,337 $5,810,049,947 $1,476,784,006 $1,362,197,304 $1,267,107,307
      Females $3,300-$9,999 133,104 $634,616,841 $313,077,523 $166,603,876 $149,831,445
      Males $3,300-$9,999 205,179 $995,896,114 $396,727,108 $335,655,450 $258,618,766
      Females $10,000+ 32,906 $1,777,912,215 $672,105,906 $360,545,840 $358,036,848
      Males $10,000+ 59,158 $4,814,153,833 $1,080,056,898 $1,026,541,854 $1,008,488,541
      Females 100,000+ 1,995 $1,094,738,639 $317,533,473 $175,413,507 $214,499,119
      Males 100,000+ 4,565 $3,576,569,155 $537,095,887 $577,313,690 $768,765,978
      Females $1,000,000+ 149 $633,036,655 $97,468,137 $56,259,184 $135,538,326
      Males $1,000,000+ 413 $2,548,121,347 $178,293,919 $204,553,463 $606,165,499

What party did donors giving more than $100,000 favor in the 2024 cycle?

Of donors giving more than $100,000 to a candidate or party, 51.55% favored Democrats and 46.28% gave to Republicans.

Count Total To Democrats To Republicans To PACs
Female Donors giving only to Republicans 361,664 $1,000,636,155 -$164,666 $645,383,834 $107,908,530
Male Donors giving only to Republicans 643,620 $2,830,648,430 -$432,631 $1,417,019,813 $365,438,107
Female Donors giving only to Democrats 981,115 $1,883,401,607 $1,385,214,883 -$23,439 $396,827,550
Male Donors giving only to Democrats 861,441 $2,430,401,256 $1,685,720,494 -$126,992 $545,789,912
Female Donors giving to both parties 33,873 $252,917,525 $84,503,460 $104,751,228 $43,507,455
Male Donors giving to both parties 68,427 $1,242,212,804 $261,822,244 $348,120,954 $236,551,310
Female Double Givers (gave at least 33% to each party) 3,384 $15,234,835 $7,274,667 $7,302,688 $1,638,227
Male Double Givers (gave at least 33% to each party) 9,020 $53,943,335 $25,499,163 $25,923,377 $5,423,617

Population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates as of Dec. 1, 2010

The numbers on this page are based on contributions from individuals giving $200 or more to candidates, PACs and parties and, since 2010, super PACs and Carey Committees (hybrid PACs). All donations took place during the 2023-2024 cycle and were released by the Federal Election Commission on February 06, 2025.

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