- Summary
- Fundraising
- Candidate List
- Bundlers
- Outside Spending
- Expenditures
- Industries
- - Sector Totals
- - Selected Sectors
- - Selected Industries
- - Celebrity Contributors
- - Top Industries
- Fundraising Over Time
- Fundraising By Party
- Money Primary
- State/Metro Funding
- Gender Demographics
- Joint Fundraising Committees
- Personal Finances
- Biden Administration
- First Trump Administration
- Obama Administration
- 2020 Election
- 2016 Election
- 2008 Election
- 2004 Election
Barack Obama's Bundlers
Bundlers are people with friends in high places who, after bumping against personal contribution limits, turn to those friends, associates, and, well, anyone who's willing to give, and deliver the checks to the candidate in one big "bundle."
Even though these donors direct more money to the candidates than anyone else, disclosure can be spotty, candidates generally release bundlers by ranges of fundraising, indicated in this chart with the "max" and "min" columns, and with the top ranges being simply "$500,000 or more." NOTE: Federal Election Commission regulations only require disclosure of funds bundled by registered lobbyists. In 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain agreed to disclose any bundlers who raised over $50,000 for their campaigns. Obama's re-election campaign is again disclosing those bundlers for the 2012 election. No 2012 Republican presidential candidates have agreed to voluntarily disclose their entire bundlers lists.
See our Bundlers infographic
Together, 769 elites are directing at least $186,500,000 for Obama's re-election efforts -- money that has gone into the coffers of his campaign as well as the Democratic National Committee..
Top Economic Sectors of Obama Bundlers, 2012
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $47,800,000 | 26.02% |
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | $43,150,000 | 23.49% |
| Misc Business | $31,600,000 | 17.20% |
| Communications/Electronics | $22,900,000 | 12.46% |
| Other | $20,100,000 | 10.94% |
| Ideological/Single-Issue | $5,450,000 | 2.96% |
| Health | $5,050,000 | 2.74% |
| Construction | $2,750,000 | 1.49% |
| Transportation | $1,450,000 | 0.78% |
| Energy & Natural Resources | $1,400,000 | 0.76% |
| Unknown | $1,050,000 | 0.57% |
| Agribusiness | $1,000,000 | 0.54% |
Top Industries of Obama Bundlers
Obama Bundlers
(sorted by "Min" and, within that, by "Contributions")
The "Contributions" column indicates the total amount the bundler, their spouse and dependent children have given to all federal candidates, parties and PACs in all election cycles since 1990.
Barack Obama's campaign does not release employer or occupation of bundlers. The employers displayed for Obama's bundlers are based on OpenSecrets research. Bundlers' names and ranges based on information available on Obama's web site on October 19, 2012.
The totals listed in this table are based on OpenSecrets research and may not match the contributions visible using our Donor Lookup tool, which searches FEC data based on name and state.
Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit OpenSecrets. For permission to reprint for commercial uses, such as textbooks, contact OpenSecrets: [email protected]