Presidential Donors: Split Donation Patterns in 2016

• In Event: Standing ePanel: U.S. Elections

Brief Overview

Federal Election Commission data does not link donations together by donor. With record linkage, we create a database that allows us to analyze investigate how likely presidential donors are to contribute to different candidates in the same election.

Authors

• Pearce C Solomon, Brigham Young University

• Jay Goodliffe, Brigham Young University-Provo