Political Parties

Book Chapters and Reports

• Political Parties Shifted Toward Small Donors; Played Historic Role In 2006 . August, 2007.
• Parties Playing a Major Role in Election '06" Working paper by Anthony Corrado. October, 2006.

"Armed with ample amounts of money," Corrado says, "the national parties are poised to be principal players in key congressional battlegrounds over the final weeks of the 2006 campaign." The paper is rich with data comparing the parties' competitive positions, along with discussions of individual races.

• Chapters in Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2006)
• Party Finance in the Wake of BCRA: An Overview, Anthony Corrado
  
• The Parties’ Congressional Campaign Committees in 2004, Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny
  
• State and Local Parties, Raymond LaRaja
• Chapters in Life After Reform: When The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Meets Politics (2003)
• The Party as an Extended Network: Members Giving to Each Other and to Their Parties, Michael Malbin and Anne Bedlington
  
• National Political Parties After BCRA, Diana Dwyre and Robin Kolodny
  
• State Political Parties After BCRA, Raymond LaRaja

National Party Presidential Nominating Conventions

CFI's latest reports on party conventions are listed below, click here for a complete archive of convention reports, data, general information.

• UPDATE Aug. 20: Party Conventions’ Financiers Have Spent Nearly $1.5 billion on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005
• UPDATE: Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $1 Billion on Federal Lobbying Since 2005
• Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $800 Million on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005
• Inside Fundraising for the 2008 Party Conventions: Party Surrogates Gather Soft Money While Federal Regulators Turn a Blind Eye

Releases and Analyses

Date	Title
8/28/2007	Political Parties Shifted Toward Small Donors; Played Historic Role In 2006
11/10/2006	Candidates' Money Was Up, But Party Spending Was Way Up, And Crucial
10/27/2006	Political Parties in '06 Election: New CFI Paper by Anthony Corrado
5/31/2006	Nominee for Secretary of the Treasury Raised Millions in Soft Money for 2004 Republican Convention
2/22/2006	IRS Stalls On Re-Examination Of Policy As The Parties Begin Soliciting Host City Bids For 2008
11/5/2004	CFI's Post-Election Analysis Of Independent Spending By Political Parties: Party Independent Spending Soars
8/23/2004	New Disclosures Show Former Soft Money Donors to Republican Party Fuel New York Republican Convention
7/29/2004	New Disclosure Shows Last Minute Fundraising For Boston Convention
7/21/2004	New CFI eGuide to Financing National Political Conventions; Essential Historical Information on Conventions Also Provided
7/7/2004	"THE $100 MILLION EXEMPTION" - CFI Releases Major New Study of Soft Money and the 2004 National Party Conventions
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Data Tables, Figures, Charts

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2006
View	Direct Party Support for House and Senate Candidates, 1994, 2002-2006.
View	The End Game: Party Independent Spending in 2006, Key Senate Races, by Week
View	Candidate Receipts and Party Spending in Competitive House Races, 2006
View	Candidate Receipts and Party Spending in All Senate Races, 2006
View	National Party Committee Fundraising Receipts at 21 Months ($ million)
View	National Party Spending in Congressional Elections ($ millions)
View	Unitemized Individual Contributions to Party Committees at 21 months ($ million)
View	National Party Committees Contributions of $20K or more at 21 Months ($ million)
View	Contributions from Members Leadership PACs & PCCs to Their National Party Committees at 21 Months
View	Top Donors (over $100,000) to the 2004 Convention Host Committees as of 12/31/2004
View	Main Spending Categories (over $200,000) for the 2004 Convention Host Committees as of 12/31/2004
View	Direct Party Support for House and Senate Candidates
View	The End Game - Party Independent Spending in 2006, Key Senate Races, by Week
View	National Party Independent Spending in Competitive Senate Races, 2006
View	National Party Activity in the Closing Days of Election 2006
View	National Party Committee Fundraising Receipts through Pre-General period ($ million)
View	National Party Committee Fundraising Receipts at 21 Months ($ million)
View	National Party Committee Fundraising Receipts at 21 Months ($ million)
View	Unitemized Individual Contributions to Party Committees at 21 months ($ million)
View	National Party Committees Contributions of $20K or more at 21 Months ($ million)
View	Contributions from Members Leadership PACs & PCCs to Their National Party Committees at 21 Months
View	National Party Committee Fundraising Receipts at 21 Months ($ million)
View	National Party Spending in Congressional Elections ($ millions)
View	Unitemized Individual Contributions to Party Committees at 21 months ($ million)
View	National Party Committees Contributions of $20K or more at 21 Months ($ million)
View	Contributions from Members Leadership PACs & PCCs to Their National Party Committees at 21 Months

2004
View	Independent Spending by the National Parties: Summary Totals
View	Party Independent Spending Compared to Candidates' Funding, House
View	Party Independent Spending Compared to Candidates' Funding, Senate
View	Party Independent Spending in the Presidential Election
View	National Party Committee Fundraising, 2000-2004
View	National Party Committee Expenditures in 2004
View	Legislators’ Giving to Parties and Candidates, 2002-2004
View	Senate Races with Party Independent Expenditures in 2004
View	Party Commitment to House Races: Independent and Coordinated Expenditures, as Percent of Candidate Spending
View	House Party Spending Compared to Candidate Spending in Races with More Than $500,000 in Party Spending
View	Independent Party Spending by National Parties Summary Totals: September 1- October 28 2004
View	Party Independent Spending Compared to Candidate’s Funding, House September 1- October 28 2004
View	Party Independent Spending Compared to Candidate's Funding, Senate September 1-October 28 2004
View	Party Independent Spending in the Presidential Election September 1-October 28 2004
View	National Party Receipts From Individual Contributors (Hard Money Only) 2000-2004
View	Party Coordinated Expenditures 2000-2004
View	Party Independent Expenditures 2000-2004
View	Party Spending, National & State 2000 vs. 2004
View	Republican State Party Spending 2000 vs. 2004
View	Democratic State Party Spending 2000 vs. 2004
View	House Campaign Committee Spending 1992-2004
View	National Party Committee Fundraising
View	National Party Committee Expenditures in 2004
View	Senate Races with Party Independent Expenditures in 2004
View	Party Commitment to House Races: Independent and Coordinated Expenditures as a % of Candidate Spending
View	House Party Spending Compared to Candidate Spending in Races with More Than $500,000 in Party Spending
View	Highest State Party Spenders Reported to the FEC 2000-2004
View	Party Participation in Ground-War Activity