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  Monday, March 9, 2026 ■ Today's Top News  ‘Astonishing Stat’: Billionaires Gave Nearly 20% of Donations in 2024 US Federal Elections "For a representative democracy like ours to work, citizens must have some confidence that, through... political engagement, they have a fighting chance to turn their priorities into government policy," said an elections expert. By Stephen Prager Billionaires exerted an unprecedented amount of influence over the 2024 US federal elections, accounting for almost one-fifth of the nearly $16 billion spent to elect candidates during that cycle, according to a  New York Times   analysis  published Monday. Just 300 billionaires and their immediate families poured an unprecedented $3 billion into the election, either giving directly to candidates or through political action committees. RECOMMENDED... ‘Enough Is Enough’: Sanders, Khanna Propose Billionaires Tax to Raise $4.4 Trillion Billionaires Are ‘Becoming a Problem for the Economy,’ ...