Independent Expenditures for Presidential and Congressional Campaigns statistics

[In thousands of dollars ($16,084 represents $16,084,000). Covers campaign finance activity during 2-year calendar period indicated. An "independent expenditure" is money spent to support or defeat a clearly identified candidate. According to Federal election law, such an expenditure must be made without cooperation or consultation with the candidate or his/her campaign. Independent expenditures are not limited, as are contributions]


		All parties		Democrats		Republicans		Others
Type of office and year				-		-		-
	Total	For	Against	For	Against	For	Against	For	Against

TOTAL
1979-80	16,084	13,893	2,191	441	2,057	13,180	123	272	11
1981-82	7,282	2,135	5,147	1,252	4,597	883	550	0	0
1983-84	23,420	19,951	3,468	1,693	1,016	18,257	2,453	1	0
1985-86	10,205	8,832	1,373	3,450	888	5,376	485	6	0
1987-88	21,341	16,654	4,687	2,865	4,248	13,784	439	6	0
1989-90	5,774	4,177	1,597	1,530	735	2,645	862	2	0
1991-92	11,052	8,710	2,342	3,044	1,483	5,548	847	118	12
1993-94	4,980	3,256	1,724	672	1,119	2,571	590	13	15
1995-96	21,744	11,016	10,728	1,186	6,491	9,714	4,228	116	9

PRESIDENTIAL
1979-80	13,745	12,932	813	123	737	12,538	65	272	11
1981-82	185	184	1	92	1	92	0	0	0
1983-84	17,468	16,638	831	806	487	15,830	344	1	0
1985-86	841	795	45	76	28	719	17	0	0
1987-88	14,127	10,628	3,499	568	3,352	10,054	146	6	0
1989-90	497	322	174	5	169	318	5	0	0
1991-92	4,431	3,695	736	583	561	3,052	163	60	12
1993-94	112	27	85	12	84	15	(Z)	0	1
1995-96	1,436	601	835	111	761	459	74	31	0

SENATE
1979-80	1,654	359	1,295	127	1,283	232	12	0	0
1981-82	4,875	724	4,150	426	3,667	298	484	0	0
1983-84	4,627	2,134	2,493	326	410	1,808	2,082	0	0
1985-86	5,312	4,331	980	988	632	3,343	348	0	0
1987-88	4,401	3,641	761	831	617	2,810	143	(Z)	0
1989-90	3,506	2,362	1,144	756	428	1,604	716	2	0
1991-92	2,604	1,912	692	1,025	462	886	230	1	0
1993-94	2,627	1,612	1,015	261	476	1,351	539	(Z)	0
1995-96	15,765	8,012	7,753	315	5,498	7,697	2,255	0	1
1997-98	2,759	1,964	795	577	111	1,387	685	________	________

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1979-80	685	602	83	191	38	410	45	(Z)	0
1981-82	2,221	1,226	995	734	929	492	66	0	0
1983-84	1,325	1,180	145	561	118	619	27	0	0
1985-86	4,053	3,706	347	2,386	227	1,314	120	6	0
1987-88	2,813	2,385	427	1,466	279	920	149	(Z)	0
1989-90	1,772	1,493	279	770	138	723	141	0	0
1991-92	4,017	3,103	914	1,436	460	1,610	454	57	0
1993-94	2,241	1,617	624	399	559	1,205	51	13	14
1995-96	5,186	3,349	1,837	808	182	2,540	1,656	0	8
1997-98	6,265	5,584	680	1,816	202	3,768	478	0	0

Z Less than $500.

Source: U.S. Federal Election Commission, FEC Index of Independent Expenditures, 1987-88, May 1989; press release of May 19, 1989; and unpublished data. http://www.fec.gov/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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