Funding profile
Dick Cheney
Republican · 46th Vice President
Career totals · 5 elections · 1980–1988
40%
of everything Cheney has raised across 8 years, from 1980 to 1988 came from political action committees — organized groups rather than individual voters. That is $387,000 of $978,000 raised in all.
A vice president has no campaign committee of their own. They run on a ticket, not their own campaign, so the figures here are from his U.S. House campaigns in Wyoming.
These are career totals — the sum of the 5elections listed further down, each of which links to the Commission’s own page where the figure matches line for line. See Cheney on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Cheney’s campaigns have reported raising, combined across every election.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.14%$133,000
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.40%$387,000
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.47%$458,000
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these. Each links to the Commission’s page for that election.
What is not published yet
We would rather show less than show something unsourced.
Industry-by-industry breakdowns, named individual donors, and how this member’s votes align with the groups funding them are all planned. They are absent because we have not verified them, and a funding profile is only worth reading if every line on it has been checked. Our methodology explains what we verify before publishing.