Updates on MapLight's work and accomplishments.
September 12, 2012
To publish the most up-to-date funding information for California's ballot propositions on your own website, embed the Voter's Edge widget, which will automatically update with the latest totals and top funders for each proposition.
August 17, 2012
Aug. 16, 2012—MapLight has conducted an analysis of independent expenditures made by so-called super PACs across the country from Jan. 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012 and found that almost $138 million has been funneled by big-monied interest groups to dictate outcomes of the 2012 election.Super PACs have already made over $30 million in independent expenditures to influence House and Senate races in the 2012 election cycle, in addition to the nearly $107 million spent swaying the outcome of the race for the White House.
August 16, 2012
MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks money's influence on politics, has conducted an analysis of census data combined with the geographic origin of over $306 million in contributions to super PACs from Jan. 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012. The analysis found that a disproportionate amount of contributions comes from a few states:
August 01, 2012
Untitled Document Voter’s Edge Colorado Offers a Nonpartisan Source of Information about Ballot Measures – Everything You Need to Know, All in One Place August 2, 2012 – BERKELEY, CA – I-News, a nonprofit news service, and MapLight, a political money tracker, have joined forces to launch Voter’s Edge Colorado, a comprehensive voter guide profiling … Continue reading "Newly Launched “Voter’s Edge Colorado” Tracks Funding Behind CO Ballot Measures"
June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012 - MapLight is expanding our ballot measure voter guide to track who's funding ballot measures in cities and states across the country. We are seeking a handful of state and local groups as partners for a pilot project to track and highlight key information about ballot measures in your state or city.
June 19, 2012
June 19, 2012—Rootstrikers and GOOD Magazine have launched a new infographic series, "Capital in the Capitol," highlighting the huge amounts of money influencing our electoral system and where it comes from. To view the first infographic, which utilizes MapLight's data, click below. </div
May 17, 2012
May 17, 2012—A MapLight analysis of campaign contribution data from the California Secretary of State shows that a recent contribution of $500K from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg raises the total for committees supporting California's Proposition 29 (Cigarette Tax) to $8.5 million. Committees opposing California's Proposition 29 have raised nearly $40 million.