Political Direct Mail Delivers Millions in Revenue to USPS

The Center for Responsive Politics reports the postal service has been paid $17.5 million so far this election cycle for delivering political direct-mail pieces, ranking it No. 4 on the center's list of political vendors. This revenue won't close the postal service's fiscal gap — it lost $2 billion last quarter — but every little bit helps.

The No. 1 vendor is Waterfront Strategies, which has spent nearly $42 million on media buys on behalf of Democratic candidates, with most of this money coming from liberal super PACs.