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applegrove

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Wed Mar 17, 2021, 08:37 PM Mar 2021

Dark Money Helped Democrats In 2020

Dark Money Helped Democrats In 2020

March 17, 2021 at 6:03 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 83 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/17/dark-money-helped-democrats-in-2020/

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Open Secrets: “After years of dark money overwhelmingly boosting Republicans, this marks the first presidential election cycle where dark money benefited Democrats. That’s a continuation from the 2018 midterm elections when Democrats benefited from more dark money than their Republican counterparts at the federal level for the first time since Citizens United.”

Key takeaway: Democrats and their aligned causes took in and spent $514 million in dark money, while Republicans took in and spent $204 million.

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Dark Money Helped Democrats In 2020 (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
Those are the rules of the game at present. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2021 #1
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