Which super PACs did Seth Macfarlane fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Priorities USA Action ($700K).

Which candidates did Seth Macfarlane's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $279K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $276K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $108K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Seth Macfarlane

Individual

Writer, Fuzzy Door Productions · California

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Seth Macfarlane gave $1.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 65% were on the winning side ($845K won, $465K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.7M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

65%

$1.3M scored (77% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$465K

Not allocated or result unknown

$390K

$390K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M check to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.

✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Senate Majority PAC $383K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$256K / $360K
Priorities USA Action $7K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K		$589K / $104K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Seth Macfarlane's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Seth Macfarlane's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$279K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$276K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$108K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$91K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$84K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$81K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$53K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$43K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Seth Macfarlane spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Seth Macfarlane gave $1.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 65% were on the winning side ($845K won, $465K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Seth Macfarlane fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Priorities USA Action ($700K).
Which candidates did Seth Macfarlane's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $279K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $276K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $108K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.