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The richest 100 donors make up 18% and 53% of US Political Party funds. Their influence has increased significantly since 2008. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 17 points 2 weeks ago

"Mildly interesting" or "greatly depressing"?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Kind of wild that Elon donated $250M alone didn't even change the trend.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

What do you mean, taking that this graph is showing data every to year it doubled gop percentage between elections and the 2022-2024 holds a hugely significant portion of that increase.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It went from 30 to 50%?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its still been growing at a huge rate before that

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

The growth between 2008 and 2022 was the same as the growth between 2022 and 2024.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure it counts. Would that be a donation to a political party fund?