Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
Is this from wills? If so, no problem. Weird though to want to effect the political process after you die... I can understand donating to a single important issue but nothing so broad minded as a political party.
usually, the donations are made from the dead person's estate under the control of the executor(s). they are only legal if the intent of the deceased is known (usually manifested in a will). the donations must abide by the normal rules of campaign donations for the living too, of course.

i'm surprised the numbers are so small. what's the total raised by the presidential candidates so far, like $400 million? i'd have thought a lot more dead people would support their political ideologies from the beyond. selfish.