Presidential election campaign finance, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
Every presidential candidate is required to register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and file regular financial reports detailing their fundraising and campaign spending. During presidential election years, candidates who anticipate that they will raise or spend more than $100,000 must file monthly reports. Candidates who anticipate that they will raise and spend less than $100,000 file on a quarterly schedule, as do all presidential candidates during non-presidential election years.
As of January 05, 2024, the most recent campaign finance reports filed by noteworthy candidates running in the 2024 presidential election are the October 2023 quarterly reports, which cover all funds raised and spent through September 30, 2023.
Democratic primary financial overview
The following chart displays noteworthy Democratic primary candidates' overall fundraising through the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Note that the chart displays fundraising figures for candidates who had declared before the most recent reporting deadline. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs. The charts below include campaign finance reports beginning at the point the FEC starts classifying the committee as a presidential candidate's principal campaign finance committee.
Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account, including contributions by individuals, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. Contributions reflect individual donations to a campaign. Disbursements is a term for campaign spending.
Cash on hand
The following chart displays cash on hand—a measurement of how much money a campaign has currently available in its campaign accounts—for noteworthy Democratic primary candidates as of September 30, 2023. Click the dots on the timeline at the top of the chart to view cash on hand from previous campaign finance reports.
Receipts versus contributions
In reports to the FEC, political campaigns must distinguish between receipts and contributions. All contributions are receipts, but not all receipts are contributions. Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account. While contributions from individuals often make up the majority of a campaign's contributions, money can also come from other sources such as loans taken out by the campaign, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. The following chart shows fundraising for major presidential campaigns broken out into contributions, transfers from other political committees, loans, offsets to expenditures, and miscellaneous receipts as of the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Hover over a bar to see the exact percentage.
Republican primary financial overview
The following chart displays noteworthy Republican primary candidates' overall fundraising through the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Note that the chart displays fundraising figures for candidates who had declared before the most recent reporting deadline. It only displays data for principal campaign committees, not candidate-affiliated PACs. The charts below include campaign finance reports beginning at the point the FEC starts classifying the committee as a presidential candidate's principal campaign finance committee.
Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account, including contributions by individuals, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. Contributions reflect individual donations to a campaign. Disbursements is a term for campaign spending.
Cash on hand
The following chart displays cash on hand—a measurement of how much money a campaign has currently available in its campaign accounts—for noteworthy Republican primary candidates as of September 30, 2023. Click the dots on the timeline at the top of the chart to view cash on hand from previous campaign finance reports.
Receipts versus contributions
In reports to the FEC, political campaigns must distinguish between receipts and contributions. All contributions are receipts, but not all receipts are contributions. Receipts is a broad term referring to all money that goes into a campaign account. While contributions from individuals often make up the majority of a campaign's contributions, money can also come from other sources such as loans taken out by the campaign, dividends or interest on loans or investments made by the campaign, transfers of money from other political committees, and offsets to a campaign's expenditures in the form of rebates or refunds. The following chart shows fundraising for major presidential campaigns broken out into contributions, transfers from other political committees, loans, offsets to expenditures, and miscellaneous receipts as of the October 2023 quarterly campaign finance reports. Hover over a bar to see the exact percentage.
Reporting deadlines
Every presidential candidate is required to register with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and file regular financial reports detailing their fundraising and campaign spending. During presidential election years, candidates who anticipate that they will raise more than $100,000 or spend more than $100,000 must file reports on a monthly schedule. Candidates who anticipate that they will raise and spend less than $100,000 are required to file on a quarterly schedule. During non-presidential election years, all presidential candidates are required to file quarterly reports regardless of how much money they plan on raising or spending.[1]
Monthly reporting schedule
The following table details reporting deadlines for candidates filing finance reports on a monthly schedule.
Quarterly reporting schedule
The following table details reporting deadlines for candidates filing finance reports on a quarterly schedule.
See also
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