Best Answer:
The Koch Brothers aren't even in the top five of open secrets
Barack Obama (D)
Mitt Romney (R)
Raised $715,677,692 $446,135,997
Spent $683,546,548 $433,281,516
Debts $7,223,153 $1,200,000
Cash
(on Hand) $5,397,399 $12,921,629
Overall
Spending
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$1,107,114,702 RED TEAM
$1,238,097,161 Blue Team
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legend Small Indiv Contrib.
Large Indiv. Contrib. $233,215,440
$489,660,089
Individual contributions $715,150,163
legend PAC contributions $0
legend Candidate self-financing $5,000
legend Federal Funds $0
legend Other $522,529
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legend Small Indiv. Contrib.
Large Indiv. Contrib. $79,806,091
$366,336,696
Individual contributions $443,363,010
legend PAC contributions $1,076,496
legend Candidate self-financing $52,500
Top Contributors
Barack Obama (D)
1 University of California $1,212,245
2 Microsoft Corp $814,645
3 Google Inc $801,770
4 US Government $728,647
5 Harvard University $668,368
Mitt Romney (R)
1 Goldman Sachs $1,033,204
2 Bank of America $1,013,402
3 Morgan Stanley $911,305
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co $834,096
5 Wells Fargo $677,076
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Barack Obama (D)
Agribusiness $2,067,055
Communications/ Electronics $20,723,578
Construction $4,172,690
Defense $1,141,130
Energy & Natural Resources $2,410,062
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $20,431,321
Health $18,914,849
Lawyers & Lobbyists $27,959,192
Transportation $1,378,606
Misc Business $22,598,697
Labor $494,094
Ideological/ Single-Issue $17,276,836
Other $91,795,660
Mitt Romney (R)
Agribusiness $7,409,733
Communications/ Electronics $7,518,745
Construction $9,734,459
Defense $1,365,334
Energy & Natural Resources $9,788,922
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate $58,902,452
Health $18,692,033
Lawyers & Lobbyists $15,791,881
Transportation $5,803,510
Misc Business $29,090,785
Labor $4,250
Ideological/ Single-Issue $10,522,878
Other $72,942,064
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Barack Obama (D)
Retired $54,522,578
Lawyers/Law Firms $27,533,147
Education $21,615,820
Health Professionals $10,456,340
Business Services $8,646,106
Mitt Romney (R)
Retired $64,727,865
Securities & Investment $21,525,657
Real Estate $14,895,300
Lawyers/Law Firms $14,285,200
Health Professionals $12,598,997
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Spending Related to Presidential Race
Blue TeamCandidate Spending $683,546,548
National Party Spending $292,264,802
Outside Spending $131,303,352
Total $1,107,114,702
Red TeamCandidate Spending $433,281,516
National Party Spending $386,180,565
Outside Spending $418,635,080
Total $1,238,097,161
Why (and How) We Use Donors' Employer/Occupation Information
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NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2012 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Monday, March 25, 2013.
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legend Other $1,643,991
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