{"slug":"presidential-campaign-finance","name":"Presidential Campaign Finance, 1980–2024","agency":"Federal Election Commission","source":"FEC bulk candidate summary files (weball, all cycles)","category":"Elections","sourceUrl":"https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data","rawUrl":null,"license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)","units":"U.S. dollars (nominal, not inflation-adjusted)","description":"Total receipts and disbursements of the top 10 presidential candidates in every election cycle from 1980 through 2024, extracted from the FEC's bulk candidate summary files. 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