http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/meet-the-gop-mega-donors-of-the-2016-election-20160311
"The big money coursing through American politics in the current primary contest is shattering all records. Through March 10, more than $245 million in Super PAC money had been spent on the 2016 presidential race, compared to less than $80 million at the same point in 2012. "What's going on in the 2016 election is completely unprecedented," says Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, a top campaign-finance watchdog. "Citizens United has turned our political system into a sandbox for the wealthiest people in the country to play in — and that's what they're doing." The influx of cash warped the Republican race from the beginning. Super PACs stocked with mega-donor millionaires put a stamp of credibility on GOP candidates as they jockeyed for early momentum. "A smaller and smaller slice of the population has a major say in who runs, who they listen to," says Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "It's very alarming"."
