Super PACs and Their Domination Over Trump’s Campaign: Reconsideration of the Financial Architecture of Modern Elections

The constantly changing face of political campaign finance in the United States has made grassroots fundraising a virtually irrelevant activity, as modern politics becomes more and more reliant on large-scale and complex apparatus for funding. The paper will outline how Super Political Action Committees-super PACs-affect the outcome of the 2024 U.S. election, focusing on the complexity of their involvement in support of Donald Trump’s candidacy and implications of their unprecedented financial might.

Super PACs: The Indispensable Engine of Contemporary Campaign Finance

For decades, political campaigns have been defined by door-to-door canvassing, baby-kissing, and appeals for small-dollar donations from the average citizen. In 2024, this sounds quaintly old-fashioned. The arrival of Super PACs ushers in a different era, one in which unlimited money from fewer, richer donors can shape the course of politics with scant obstruction. These are the outside entities that give huge sums of money, like the rich uncle that bankrolls something but can maintain plausible deniability.