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Trump vs. Harris — 2024 Presidential Election Finance Dashboard

Comprehensive financial and economic dashboard for the 2024 presidential election, covering $28.4B in total cycle receipts, independent expenditures, and mega-donor analysis.

Give me a comprehensive financial dashboard for the 2024 presidential election — Trump vs Harris fundraising, independent expenditures, and top megadonors from both parties.

Total Cycle Receipts
$28.4B
All committees combined
Active Committees
13,991
2024 election cycle
Mega Donors
21,481
Donors who gave $50K+, contributing $6.26B total
Lobbyist Contributions
$57.0M
5,126 contributing lobbyists
Harris-Aligned
$3.11B
Total committee receipts
Trump-Aligned
$2.40B
Total committee receipts

Campaign Fundraising Comparison

Harris-aligned committees raised ~$700M more in gross receipts ($3.11B vs $2.40B), driven by a broader donor base with 18% small-donor composition vs Trump's 5%.

Total Fundraising: Harris vs Trump-Aligned Committees

Harris-Aligned
$3.11B
Trump-Aligned
$2.40B

Trump-Aligned Committees

CommitteeReceipts
Never Surrender, Inc.$495.9M
Trump National Committee JFC$474.5M
Make America Great Again Inc.$410.5M
Trump 47 Committee$368.2M
America PAC (Elon Musk)$263.5M
Trump Save America JFC$244.9M
Save America$99.7M
MAGA Inc.$23.9M
MAGA PAC$17.4M
TOTAL$2.40B

Harris-Aligned Committees

CommitteeReceipts
Harris Victory Fund$1,314.0M
Fight for the People PAC$1,175.2M
FF PAC (Future Forward)$559.3M
Harris Action Fund$59.8M
TOTAL$3.11B

Independent Expenditures — $1.51 Billion

Pro-Harris IE
$549M
343 PACs supporting
Anti-Harris IE
$561M
72 PACs opposing
Pro-Trump IE
$239M
137 PACs supporting
Anti-Trump IE
$164M
189 PACs opposing

Weekly IE Spending — Harris

Weekly IE Spending — Trump

Weekly Net IE Position

Mega Donor Landscape

Total Donated by Party

Mega Donor Count by Party

Democrat
13,786
Republican
7,386
Unaffiliated
298
Bipartisan
11

Republican Donors by Occupation ($M)

Democrat Donors by Occupation ($M)

Top 15 PACs by Presidential IE Spending

#PAC NameTargetStanceAmount
1FF PACHarrisSUPPORT$312.7M
2Make America Great Again Inc.HarrisOPPOSE$251.8M
3Preserve America PACHarrisOPPOSE$112.3M
4America PACTrumpSUPPORT$88.2M
5AB PACTrumpOPPOSE$58.6M
6Make America Great Again Inc.TrumpSUPPORT$57.7M
7America PACHarrisOPPOSE$54.2M
8Right for AmericaHarrisOPPOSE$51.1M
9Restoration of America PACHarrisOPPOSE$27.0M
10Republican Accountability PACTrumpOPPOSE$25.2M
11Duty to America PACHarrisOPPOSE$23.2M
12RBG PACTrumpSUPPORT$20.5M
13Republican Accountability PACHarrisSUPPORT$19.5M
14BlackPACHarrisSUPPORT$19.1M
15Right for AmericaTrumpSUPPORT$18.5M

Top 25 Republican Megadonors — 2024 Cycle

Top 25 Combined
$1.20B
Total GOP Mega Donors
7,386
All GOP Mega Donor Total
$3.26B
Top 25 Share of All GOP Mega $
36.8%
Avg per GOP Mega Donor
$441,521

Republican Top 25 Occupation Breakdown

Full Republican Top 25 Megadonor Table

#NameEmployerOccupationTotal Donated
1Elon MuskTeslaExecutive$213,101,836
2Timothy MellonPan Am SystemsExecutive$197,130,400
3Miriam AdelsonLas Vegas SandsBusiness Owner$143,919,900
4Richard UihleinUlineExecutive$128,260,456
5Kenneth GriffinCitadelExecutive$108,704,814
6Jeff YassSusquehanna Int'l GroupExecutive$100,365,481
7Paul SingerElliott ManagementExecutive$67,172,900
8Stephen SchwarzmanBlackstoneExecutive$39,564,062
9Timothy DunnCrownQuestExecutive$35,762,600
10Robert BigelowBigelow AerospaceExecutive$35,001,500
11Diane HendricksABC SupplyExecutive$33,437,196
12Vivek RamaswamyRoivant SciencesExecutive$25,942,877
13Warren StephensStephens Inc.Executive$25,693,700
14Linda McMahonWWEExecutive$24,266,250
15Jan KoumWhatsAppExecutive$19,243,884
16Elizabeth UihleinUlineExecutive$19,061,700
17Craig DuchossoisDuchossois GroupExecutive$18,219,681
18Thomas KlingensteinCohen KlingensteinExecutive$17,730,305
19Ronald CameronMountaire FarmsExecutive$16,799,800
20Marlene RickettsRetiredRetired$15,681,150
21J. Joe RickettsTD AmeritradeExecutive$15,462,300
22Rob WaltonWalton EnterprisesBusiness Owner$15,327,300
23Shirley RyanShirley Ryan AbilityLabExecutive$15,321,100
24Kelcy WarrenEnergy TransferExecutive$15,018,700
25Thomas PeterffyInteractive BrokersExecutive$14,220,800

Top 25 Democrat Megadonors — 2024 Cycle

Top 25 Combined
$0.39B
Total Dem Mega Donors
13,786
All Dem Mega Donor Total
$2.91B
Top 25 Share of All Dem Mega $
13.4%
Avg per Dem Mega Donor
$211,252

Democrat Top 25 Occupation Breakdown

Full Democrat Top 25 Megadonor Table

#NameEmployerOccupationTotal Donated
1Michael BloombergBloombergBusiness Owner$51,521,410
2Dustin MoskovitzAsanaExecutive$50,929,600
3Fred EychanerNewswebExecutive$32,065,800
4NEA Advocacy FundNEAOrganization$27,837,048
5Reid HoffmanGreylock PartnersBusiness Owner$27,252,600
6James SimonsRenaissance TechnologiesExecutive$22,970,300
7Deborah SimonSimon Property GroupOther$22,197,743
8Stephen MandelLone Pine CapitalBusiness Owner$18,138,500
9Christian LarsenRippleExecutive$14,581,403
10Reed HastingsNetflixExecutive$14,061,315
11Jay PritzkerState of IllinoisGov / Public Sector$13,462,591
12Kathryn MurdochQuadriviumExecutive$12,294,900
13Seth KlarmanBaupost GroupExecutive$10,210,200
14Susan MandelZoom FoundationBusiness Owner$10,077,800
15Jay ScheideDulcinea PressBusiness Owner$10,000,000
16Marilyn SimonsSimons FoundationOther$9,430,900
17David LippeRenaissance TechnologiesExecutive$9,147,000
18Jay FaisonClearPathBusiness Owner$9,057,574
19Michael MoritzSequoia HeritageOther$8,300,000
20Elizabeth SimonsSelf-EmployedRetired$8,256,800
21Martha KarshClark & KarshBusiness Owner$8,094,800
22Marsha LauferRenaissance TechnologiesOther$7,642,140
23George MarcusMarcus & MillichapExecutive$7,609,000
24Joseph KaempferMcArthurGlenExecutive$7,495,916
25Jeff SkollSkoll FoundationExecutive$7,026,400

Key Strategic Insights

Harris Fundraising Edge

Harris-aligned committees raised ~$700M more in gross receipts ($3.11B vs $2.40B), driven by a broader small-donor base with 18% small-donor composition vs Trump's 5%.

Trump IE Advantage

Despite raising less, Trump benefited from a +$75M net independent expenditure position. Anti-Harris spending outpaced anti-Trump spending 3.4:1 ($561M vs $164M).

Final Week Divergence

In the critical final week (W44), Harris faced a net-negative IE of -$10.8M while Trump enjoyed +$32.7M — a $43.5M swing in outside spending advantage.

GOP Donor Concentration

The top 25 Republican megadonors contributed $1.20B — 36.8% of all GOP mega-donor money. Elon Musk alone ($213M) exceeded the entire Democrat top 3 combined.

Democrat Donor Breadth

Democrats had nearly twice the mega-donor count (13,786 vs 7,386) but their top 25 contributed only 13.4% of total Dem mega-donor spending vs 36.8% for Republicans, indicating a far less top-heavy donor base.

Data sources: PoliStack political knowledge graph — FEC campaign finance 2024 election cycle