Who donates

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

What share of Americans give to campaigns, and how concentrated are the dollars?

The data

• ANES Cumulative Data FileYears: 1948-2024 (33 study years; even years only after 2004; no 2006, 2010 or 2014 study)
• DIMEYears: 1979-2024 (23 election cycles)

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The scope

Individuals Each row of the data is a person, so results describe people and can be compared across groups.

The chapter sits in Part XIV, The money map, the political map. Its unit of analysis is individuals. See how the book treats evidence.