Perhaps this was a one-off election, or maybe the tide is turning when it comes to who receives and spends the most “dark money” in elections. Another possibility is that Republicans have only spent more dark money – unlimited donations raised through nonprofit organizations that don’t have to disclose their donors – since Citizens United in 2010 made it legal because they were the opposition party, and now Democrats are spending more for the same reason. Also, Republicans had fewer senate seats to protect than Democrats did.
No matter the reason, a new report from Issue One found that liberal dark money groups accounted for 54% of the $150 million spent during the 2018 midterms, or about $81 million. Conservative dark money groups accounted for another 31% of the spending, or about $46.5 million. The rest was spent by nonpartisan or bipartisan groups.
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