NEWS FLASH
47 Times | That’s how much election spending from groups that do not disclose their donors has risen since the 2006 midterm elections. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, “[t]he percentage of spending coming from groups that do not disclose their donors has risen from 1 percent to 47 percent since the 2006 midterm elections.” Not coincidentally, the Supreme Court’s election-buying decision in Citizens United also came down during this period.

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