Average Quote by Bernie Sanders

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush…

— Mark Shields

“And what about the other half of the election truism—that the amount of money spent on campaign finance is obscenely huge? In a typical…

— Steven D. Levitt

Whenever the media asked me how much I have received in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, my unapologetic answer was, 'Not enough.'

— Jim Inhofe

I think, it was like 30 million dollars the Libertarians talk about that it cost them to get on the ballot. We don't have…

— Jill Stein

The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of…

— Jack Kelly

They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I only ended up spending about - not only, but…

— Rahm Emanuel

In the last year, grassroots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC, and proved that the…

— Eli Pariser

We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million - that's a huge amount for…

— Bob Brown

“On Election Day, to the surprise of Romney and his backers, Democratic voters turned out in far bigger numbers than the Republicans expected. The…

— Jane Mayer

“The drug industry spent $262 Million on political influence in the 1999-2000 election cycle: $177 Million on lobbying, $65 Million on issue ads and…

— Joseph Befumo

Tens of millions of dollars spent, all meant to get Jeb Bush elected president. He currently is polling on average at around 5%.

— Chris Hayes