US elections

The United States of Big Money

by Avaaz Team - posted 02 November 2012 17:30

We're all familiar with the geography of the 50 US states. But what does the country look like to the big money buying up American democracy? This excellent visualisation from NPR shows us the US as we've never seen it before:


Share this video if you agree with seven out of 10 Americans that this flood of money is corrupting US democracy.

Learn more: Al Jazeera has an excellent series of graphics revealing just who's been spending big money on the elections.

Elections, not auctions

Do you live in the US or are you a US citizen? The flood of corporate and special interest money pouring into elections is corrupting US democracy to breaking point, but now we have a powerful opportunity to stop this. Sign the petition to take US democracy back from the fat cats
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