July 18, 2013 | Posted At: 11:01 AM | Author: Alexander Russo | Category: (Who Cares What) Research Says , Campaign 2012 , Campaign 2014 , Foundation / Advocacy Follies , Teachers, Teaching, Unions
Morning Charts: Labor PACs Remain, No Longer Dominant
Back in the day, labor PACs spent more than corporate groups and nearly as much as trade groups, notes The Atlantic's David Graham. (And they still spend a lot of money.) It's just that trade and especially corporate PACs have risen sharply. Via The Atlantic.
"Back in the day" of 1978?
35 years ago?
Going by your chart, corporations were spending 50% more in just 14 years.
Nowadays it is 3 times as much.
Posted by: Phillip | July 21, 2013 at 20:09 PM