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    [OC] 229 megadonors have already given $535M toward the 2026 US midterms — here's the top 10
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    [OC] 229 megadonors have already given $535M toward the 2026 US midterms — here’s the top 10


    [OC] 229 megadonors have already given $535M toward the 2026 US midterms — here’s the top 10

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    3. abramthrust on

      usually we equate fundraising success with election odds.

      so with that in mind… not a good look for the Dems

      edit the partisan responses & downvotes are also not a great look, I’m not even from your country lol.

    4. apthereddit on

      Why don’t the top 10 donors line up with the top by party? E.g. Andreesen and Horowitz donated 25M+ each but don’t show up by party. Uhlein donated 23.9M in total but more than that to republicans

      Also would be interesting to see total donations by party and by geography

    5. Jaasim99 on

      To whom did Marc donate? I cannot find him either Demo or Rep spenders. Are there other alternatives?

    7. Conscious_Raisin_436 on

      Republicans can spend what they want, they have a deep hole to climb out of with this Iran war. These gas prices are about to start hurting wallets badly, and people vote with their wallets.

    8. JarryBohnson on

      This is so insane, here in Québec political donations are capped at $200 CAD per person, per party, and we have a bit of a reputation for our politicians being corrupt.  This is corruption on an absolutely stupefying scale. 

    9. Tommyblockhead20 on

      This is not beautiful. Don’t use the same color to mean different things, there’s plenty of other colors you can make “Tech” besides blue. And don’t use different scales for the democrat and republican donor graphs.

      To be honest, I’d rather just have a graph with the top 10-20 donors labeled by who they donated to graph rather than these 3, as that would make it way easier to visually compare. I’d also prefer company names to industry labels, as people probably know what industry major companies are in, but they are less likely to know who owns what company.

    16. DaCor_ie on

      This + the Primary system + the Electoral College + FPTP voting

      All the ingredients for a carrot cake

    17. CranberrySchnapps on

      Greg Brockman is president of OpenAI (ChatGPT). Anna is his wife. So these two have given ~$50m combined so far.

      In case you’re wondering, Sam Altman is CEO.

    22. Denali973 on

      Is this still BEAUTIFUL day at or just interesting data? I am cool with either, just curious.

    24. lessismoreok on

      This is rubbish, it doesn’t show how much the dems and GOP received in scale.

    25. Lebowski304 on

      How long has it been like this with the republicans having this much more money?

    28. MnkyBzns on

      Need a different color for tech

      Need proper scaling or labeled axis on the party-specific donors

      Would be beneficial to indicate PACs/groups vs individuals

    30. Mpikoz on

      Things are not going to get better if more money keeps flowing into politics like this.

    31. downtownfreddybrown on

      Musk fucking knows he’s going to jail if the Dems comeback in full force. He even said it during the elections. Motherfucker deserves to be buried somewhere in africa

    32. ShinePDX on

      Why is Richard Uihlein not listed on the top 10 donors? Based on the top Dem/Rep donors lists he should be #2 overall.

    34. L3g3ndary-08 on

      ​Greg & Anna Brockman ($12.5M each): Greg Brockman is the co-founder of OpenAI. He and his wife, Anna, have shifted significant funds toward groups like Leading the Future and MAGA Inc., focusing on policies that favor American AI dominance.

      Fuck Open AI.

    37. phelan74 on

      So the top Democrat donors would be ninth on the Republican list.

      And the top 10s are $190m v $40m. I mean that’s a massive difference.

    39. alex61821 on

      So the lowest Republican donor is higher than the highest Democrat donor. Seems fair.

    40. Couthk1w1 on

      Do Americans realise how batshit insane its political donation and lobbying system is?

    42. Kewkky on

      This is a bad display of data. You should feel ashamed for thinking it’s beautiful.

    46. topherus_maximus on

      Every one of these guys’ wiki pic looks like they want to fuck someone that isn’t of age, or didn’t, or isn’t able to, give consent.