Politicians supported
148
distinct FEC recipients
pac · DC
Defend the Vote
A major campaign-giving-only footprint: $802K in PAC contributions, no lobbying or contract activity on record. Data through August 2026.
- $802K
- Combined activity
- $802K
- Contributions
- $103K
- Outside spending
The verdict
Defend the Vote ranks in the top 19% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, driven entirely by a major PAC contribution history, topped by giving to Angela Dawn Craig.
- Top 19%
- of 21,666 tracked organizations
- $802K
- campaign contributions
- $103K
- outside spending (independent)
Where Defend the Vote's total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$801,500 4202nd of 21666 higher than 17,464 of 21,666 organizations
the full population, bucketed by value
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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026
Lobbying years filed
0
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
0
distinct policy categories
Independent expenditures by Defend the Vote
Money this committee spent independently to support or oppose candidates, reported to the FEC, and by law not contributions to any campaign and not coordinated with it.
- $103K
- Total outside spending
- $0
- Supporting
- $103K
- Opposing
| Candidate | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Derrick F. Mr. Van orden | - | $103K |
Defend the Vote's influence activity score
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
F
30/100
Campaign contributions
A
100/100 · $802K
Lobbying expenditures
F
7/100 · $0
Federal contracts
F
2/100 · $0
Independent expenditures
F
12/100 · $103K
What Defend the Vote's recorded federal activity shows
Defend the Vote, with a disclosed filing address in DC, shows no lobbying or contract activity in this dataset -- the entire tracked footprint is campaign giving: $802K in PAC contributions reported to the FEC, led by giving to Angela Dawn Craig.
On the campaign side, Defend the Vote's PAC contributions reached 148 federal politicians, led by Angela Dawn Craig at $10K.
Politicians supported
Nationwide peers with similar federal activity
Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.
Similar combined federal activity
Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($802K here), outside DC filing-state peers.
Frequently asked questions
How much recorded federal activity does Defend the Vote have?
Defend the Vote has a combined recorded federal activity total of $802K, made up of $802K in campaign contributions. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
Which politicians does Defend the Vote support?
Defend the Vote contributed $802K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. Defend the Vote supported 148 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Angela Dawn Craig ($10K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.
Where does the data about Defend the Vote come from?
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
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Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.
According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.
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