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Shining the Light on Dark Money: Political Spending by Nonprofits

Drew Dimmery, Andrew Peterson
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2016, 2 (7) 51-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.7.04
Drew Dimmery
aDoctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at New York University
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bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Politics at New York University
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    Nonprofit Organizations Labeled Political Based on CrowdFlower Majority Vote

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    Validation by Independent Evaluation of Whether 366 Nonprofit Organizations Are Political or Nonpolitical

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    Proportion of Political Nonprofit Organizations by Type

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    Number of Political Nonprofit Organizations by State

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    Number of Political Nonprofit Organizations per 100,000 Population

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    Politically Adjusted Revenue of Nonprofit Organizations by Type

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    Politically Adjusted Revenue for Nonprofit Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy Organizations

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