NEWSMEAT Power Rankings

Among the most famous and powerful Americans, whose campaign contributions result most often in victory?

Common Recipients

Recipient Total People
Restore Our Future PAC $17,960,000 Jim C Walton, John T Chambers, John H Tyson, Sheldon Adelson, Alice Walton, Harold Simmons, Drayton McLane Jr
DNC-Non-Federal Individual $16,399,136 Robert Rubin, Jamie Dimon, Robert L Johnson, John T Chambers, Jerry Yang, Barry Diller, Ron Burkle, Haim Saban, Sumner M Redstone, Leonard A Lauder, Terry S Semel, Paul G Allen, Sheldon Adelson, Alice Walton, Michael Bloomberg, Ronald Perelman, Eli Broad, David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Donald Trump, John Catsimatidis, Penny Pritzker, Herb Kelleher, Vernon E Jordan Jr, Hassan Nemazee, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Phil Angelides, Steve Bing, Lew Wasserman, Berry Gordy, Don Henley, Norman Lear, Alan F Horn, Barbra Streisand, Rob Reiner, Clarence Avant, Hilary Rosen, Gary Winnick, Heather Thomas, Peter Buttenwieser, David Stern, Sydney Pollack, Kenneth Cole
University of Oklahoma $12,500,000 Aubrey K McClendon
Campaign for Fair Access to Quality Public Schools $11,250,000 Jim C Walton
Americans For Prosperity Action $10,850,000 Jim C Walton, Ken Langone
David H. Koch Charitable Foundation $10,833,000 David Koch
LCV Victory Fund $9,875,000 Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, Steve Bing
Winning Our Future $8,600,000 Sheldon Adelson, Harold Simmons
Michael Bloomberg $8,000,000 Michael Bloomberg
Black PAC $7,370,000 Michael Bloomberg
Results In Education Foundation $7,173,344 Michael Bloomberg
Yes on Two $7,100,000 Alice Walton
Senate Majority PAC $7,078,602 Bob Iger, Barry Diller, Ron Burkle, Haim Saban, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael D Eisner, Steve Bing, Don Henley, Rob Reiner, Les Charles, Kate Capshaw, Peter Buttenwieser
Everytown Demand A Seat Pac $7,000,000 Michael Bloomberg
California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee $6,343,916 Jim C Walton, Alice Walton, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad
Duke University $6,000,000 Aubrey K McClendon
Progress for America Voter Fund $5,850,000 Aubrey K McClendon, Alice Walton, Harold Simmons, T Boone Pickens
Drug Free Florida Committee $5,500,000 Sheldon Adelson
Planned Parenthood Votes $5,250,000 Michael Bloomberg
Swift Vets and POWs for Truth $5,250,000 Aubrey K McClendon, Harold Simmons, T Boone Pickens