In the 2010 election, outside groups spent over $280 million to influence federal elections, according to the Campaign Finance Institute.During the presidential in the 2012 election it took just 32 of the biggest super-PAC, can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations and spent against candidates, donors to match the total giving $313 million to Obama’s and Romney’s campaigns combined. Also 31% of the funds come from Dark Money, meaning that we don’t know who gave the money to the presidential candidates.