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Lincoln Project

Political Leanings: Republican/Anti-Trump

2020 Spending: $82 million

Established in late 2019, the Lincoln Project is a super PAC that initially aimed to “defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box” in 2020 and protect democracy from “the populist nationalistic ideals and agenda of Donald Trump, his allies in Congress, and the far-right media.”

Today, the Lincoln Project seeks to hold “accountable those who would violate their oaths to the Constitution and would put others before Americans.”

According to the founders of the Lincoln Project, the 16th president is the supernamesakeand helped the nation “move forward together”.

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