NPR: Who is getting the most PAC money

[FreeState]

Link to tweet

These are the 2020 candidates who've received the most money via PACs or other political committees:

💵 Trump: $91,998,362
💵 Sanders: $12,709,203
💵 Warren: $10,416,421
💵 Klobuchar: $3,586,323

*Amounts raised through Q4.

[Cha]

1. Shine the Light!

[krissey]

2. Seriously Sanders? We know the hypocrisy and here is the numbers.

[Celerity]

3. more data

[FreeState]

4. Thanks for posting those

I was going to but on my phone.

[Celerity]

7. yw!

[Nanjeanne]

5. I tried to figure out which PACs they are talking about and also where they are getting #s for each

candidate.

Re Sanders - they also post this:
TOTAL RAISED IN 2019 Q4:
$34,560,198
TOTAL SPENT IN 2019 Q4:
$50,098,742
CASH ON HAND AT THE END OF 2019 Q4:
$18,195,708
FUNDING SOURCES
Total individual contributions: $34,430,474 (100%)
- Small dollar: $17,940,511 (52%)
- Large dollar (>$200): $16,489,964 (48%)
Transfers and PACs: $2,673 (<1%)
Self-funding, loans and other: $127,051 (<1%)
Source: FEC filing

So there is shows $2,673 not $12,709,203. And if they are receiving $12,709,203 from PACs and other political committees - are they including organizations like Sunrise Movement? It's quite confusing since they lump PACs and transfers and other political committees together and don't show anywhere what PACs they are talking about. They say it can also include in this number transfers from a candidate's previous campaign so how much is actually from a PAC and how much is from transfers and how much from other political committees?

I know some disagree - but I'm not concerned about political organizations that are transparent in their $ support. It's the dirty money/lack of transparency/hidden funds where you can't see who is donating PACs that trouble me.

Anyone know where you can find the actual names of the PACS and the distribution of money for each candidate they reference in this article? Because Open Secrets which itemizes PACs separately from transfers and other political groups has completely different numbers for PACs. They list:
Progressive Voters of America Pro-Sanders Leadership PAC $15,064
Mid-Mo for Bernie Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $1,396
Citizens Against Plutocracy Pro-Sanders SuperPAC $485

And the large amount from his own campaign:
Bernie 2020 Pro-Sanders Campaign $107,916,369

https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00000528

[DanTex]

6. PACs include labor and environmental groups. It's not like the PACs supporting Bernie

are big corporate lobbies. Everyone knows this.