Day: December 31, 2014

It’s All Big Money Politics Now

Buck Banks

$323 million

Amount the 100 biggest campaign donors gave in 2014 — “almost as much as the $356 million given by the estimated 4.75 million people who gave $200 or less,” Politico reports. “And the balance almost certainly would tip far in favor of the mega-donors were the analysis to include nonprofit groups that spent at least $219 million — and likely much more — but aren’t required to reveal their donors’ identities.”

Most New York Voters Would Rather Spend New Year’s Alone than with NY Politicians

Buck Banks

45%

Of New York State voters would rather spend New Year’s Eve alone than with New York politicians, with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the New Year’s Eve date of choice for 37 percent, while 8 percent want to toast to 2015 with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and 8 percent want to sing “Auld Lang Syne” with Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.