Where the Super PACs Spend Their Dough
Includes animation
FILED UNDER: Government, Interactive Presentations, Video, animation, campaign finance, elections, NPR, Super PACs, video
This animation by NPR does a good job showing where the super PACs and campaigns are funneling their cash to buy up airtime for political ads. Forgot California – in the months leading up to election day, it’s all about the battleground states!
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