Just 0.52% of the United State population contributed more than two hundred dollars to federal candidates, PACs, parties and outside groups.These 1,721,974donors gave a hefty 74.53% of all contributions.
Compared to the population at large, men are heavily overrepresented among top political donors who accounted for very large percent of the total contributions.
These male contributors, tend to be city dwellers and often work in finance.