FEDERAL CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS: 1995-96
(in millions of dollars)
$million percent comment
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Presidential Primary 245.5 9.6 23% came from public matching funds
Presidential General 163.3 6.4 152.6 public + 10.7 private funds
Conventions......... 24.7 1.0 public funds
House Candidates.... 500.0 19.6 includes $155.0 million from PACs
Senate Candidates... 284.2 11.1 includes $ 45.6 million from PACs
Major Parties....... 638.1 25.0 includes $ 33.0 million from PACs
PACs................ 437.4 17.1 includes contributions shown above
Soft Money.......... 262.1 10.3 contributed to national parties
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Total............... 2555.4 100.0
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Source: Federal Election Commission (at the following URLs)
http://www.fec.gov/pres96/presgen1.htm (presidential & coventions)
http://www.fec.gov/finance/hsehist.htm (House)
http://www.fec.gov/finance/senhist.htm (Senate)
http://www.fec.gov/press/ptyye1.htm (parties and soft money)
http://www.fec.gov/press/pacye96.htm (PACs)
Note: Presidential General total includes public funds received by Perot
($29 million), Clinton and Dole ($61.8 million each) and private funds
raised by Clinton and Dole to comply with Federal Election Campaign
Act ($10.7 million); private funds raised by Perot are not included