1. Home
  2. Politicians & Elections
  3. Elections Overview

Elections Overview

Elections Overview
  1. Stats at a Glance 
  2. Cost of Election 
  3. Election Trends 
  4. Incumbent Advantage 
  5. - PACs Stick with Incumbents
  6. Most Expensive Races 
  7. Most Competitive Races 
  8. Donors
  9. Donor Demographics 
  10. Who Are the Biggest Donors? 
  11. Top Organization Contributors 
  12. Top Political Action Committees 
  13. Large Versus Small Individual Donations 
  14. Candidates
  15. Fundraising Totals 
  16. Top Self-Funding Candidates 
  17. Candidate-to-Candidate Giving 
  18. Winning vs. Spending 
  19. Party to Candidate Giving 
  20. Reelection Rates 
  21. In-District vs. Out-of-District 
  22. In-State vs. Out-of-State 
  23. Where the Money Came From 
  24. Women in Congress 
  25. Source of Funds
  26. Business-Labor-Ideology Split 
  27. Top Industries 
  28. Sector Totals 
  29. Most Partisan Industries 
  30. Geography
  31. Totals by State 
  32. Totals by Metro Area 
  33. Totals by Zip Code 
  34. Contribution Limits 

Presidential

Financial activity for all Presidential candidates, 2019 - 2020

Democrats: 80.40%
Republicans: 19.52%
Other: 0.07%
Party No. of Cands Total Raised Total Spent Total Cash on Hand Total From PACs Total From Individuals Party_long
All 33 $3,977,441,987 $3,953,788,137 $37,292,462 $1,937,271 $2,466,127,652
Dems 28 $3,197,811,311 $3,169,893,490 $17,360,072 $1,103,373 $1,688,045,733 Democrats
Repubs 4 $776,700,410 $781,136,944 $19,759,827 $833,898 $775,165,627 Republicans
Democrats Republicans

House

Financial activity for all House candidates, 2019 - 2020

Democrats: 52.56%
Republicans: 47.05%
Other: 0.39%
Party No. of Cands Total Raised Total Spent Total Cash on Hand Total From PACs Total From Individuals Party_long
All 2,961 $1,901,379,636 $1,750,012,643 $425,139,429 $387,848,282 $1,328,315,098
Dems 1,355 $999,322,160 $911,664,615 $258,340,169 $214,722,146 $724,980,172 Democrats
Repubs 1,449 $894,608,241 $830,881,347 $166,353,109 $172,761,222 $597,097,168 Republicans
Democrats Republicans

Senate

Financial activity for all Senate candidates, 2019 - 2020

Democrats: 58.19%
Republicans: 40.25%
Other: 1.56%
Party No. of Cands Total Raised Total Spent Total Cash on Hand Total From PACs Total From Individuals Party_long
All 528 $2,130,050,472 $2,028,449,781 $335,337,912 $107,763,486 $1,863,482,158
Dems 219 $1,239,523,498 $1,205,846,456 $147,629,387 $40,268,883 $1,156,665,364 Democrats
Repubs 247 $857,422,662 $787,664,929 $178,160,806 $67,082,991 $679,025,078 Republicans
Democrats Republicans

All the numbers on this page are for the 2020 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on April 01, 2021.

Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit OpenSecrets. For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact OpenSecrets: info[at]crp.org