In a March 8, 2016, op-ed in The Los Angeles Times, Nick Penniman and Wendell Potter argued that money raised by federal political candidates from individual donors, known as hard money, makes up the lion’s share of campaign spending, while independent expenditures by outside groups like superSource: Verbatim fact check: Is hard money a larger share of political spending than outside money?
Verbatim fact check: Is hard money a larger share of political spending than outside money?
