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More money will be spent in this election than in any previous midterm — and Elon Musk's contributions make him the largest individual contributor in an election cycle since Michael Bloomberg contributed more than $1bn to his own 2020 presidential campaign.⁠
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Posted On: November 4th 2026, 03:05 am
More money will be spent in this election than in any previous midterm — and Elon Musk's contributions make him the largest individual contributor in an election cycle since Michael Bloomberg contributed more than $1bn to his own 2020 presidential campaign.⁠
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Comments (114)
leipersimon 3 minutes ago

leipersimon

Politican donations should be taxed

angelo.quic 6 minutes ago

angelo.quic

Imagine if your voice mattered and you didn’t have to be rich to matter in politics

criterionorte.usa 10 minutes ago

criterionorte.usa

This chart is the election. Elon Musk $444mn for Republicans. The next 9 combined: ∼$324mn. Musk alone is bigger than everyone else. Biggest donor since Bloomberg $1bn in 2020. And this excludes dark money 501(c)(4). Real number is probably $600mn+. BofA says -10% if Dems win. This is why Musk is paying to avoid that. Market is not voting, it's being bought. And it's priced in.

lenny_leung 16 minutes ago

lenny_leung

power to the people, not the oligarchs

sypzen 19 minutes ago

sypzen

Remember for those saying this to be spent otherwise, if no proper election there won't even be a country let alone hunger and disease.

jedhawe64 20 minutes ago

jedhawe64

Bad investment that turned out to be ………

therealjovis 21 minutes ago

therealjovis

Third world country corruption.

raymondmaspons 26 minutes ago

raymondmaspons

Imagine spending $444 Million and not having anything to show for it.

rbho20 30 minutes ago

rbho20

Well the common people of America spoke loud and clear: democracy is not for sale this time around.

kurt_gst 38 minutes ago

kurt_gst

But Elon never has a dime for charities.

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