Reports
12 political megadonors are responsible for $1 of every $13 in federal elections since Citizens United and 25% of all giving from the top 100 ZIP codes — a total of $3.4 billion...
As Congress debates potential changes to the nation’s campaign finance system designed to empower ordinary Americans, new research from Issue One shows the extent to which wealthy, overwhelmingly white donors…
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Parties pressured legislative leaders to raise huge sums of campaign cash during the 116th Congress — and are poised to do so again this year...
Click for a PDF version of the report. One of the open secrets of Washington is that both the Democratic and Republican parties strong-arm influential legislators to raise astronomical amounts…
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How a loophole could allow foreign money to flow into super PACs through secretive shell companies...
New report highlights shell company loophole that could be abused by foreigners who want to interfere in U.S. elections Shell companies that give money to super PACs could be conduits…
Reports
The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies...
Issue One’s latest report, “Digital Disaster: The failures of Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s political ad transparency policies,” reveals how piecemeal, voluntary approaches by the largest social media platforms to stop…
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While non-state actors and foreign governments are supposedly banned from interfering in U.S. elections, they are exploiting glaring weaknesses in our current laws...
Issue One’s latest report, “5 Loopholes That Allow Foreign Interference in Our Elections,” reveals how our broken political system allows China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries to interfere in U.S.…
