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acquire immediate access and favor—suggesting they at least anticipate that the donations will influence policy." Research published in 2020 by
University of Chicago political scientist Anthony Fowler and Northwestern University political scientists Haritz Garro and Jörg L. Spenkuch found no evidence that corporations that donated to a candidate received any monetary benefits from the candidate winning election. However, another study found that increasing lobbying reduces a corporation's effective tax rate, with an increase of 1% in lobbying expenditures expected to reduce a corporation's next-year tax rate between 0.5 and 1.6%. Another study based on data from 48 different states found that every $ 1 "invested" in corporate campaign contribution is worth $ 6.65 in lower state corporate taxes.
2096:, gives each candidate who chooses to participate a fixed amount of money. To qualify for this subsidy, the candidates must collect a specified number of signatures and small (usually $ 5) contributions. The candidates are not allowed to accept outside donations or to use their own personal money if they receive this public funding. Candidates who choose to raise money privately rather than accept the government subsidy are subject to significant administrative burdens and legal restrictions, with the result that most candidates accept the subsidy. This procedure has been in place in races for all statewide and legislative offices in
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2020, fell to 4% of all spending (from 9% in the last presidential election cycle), but 'outside spending' (i.e. political expenditures made by groups or individuals supposedly independently of, and not coordinated with, candidates' committees, which includes super PACs and 501(c) 'dark money' organizations), came to almost $ 3.3 billion, nearly doubling the 2016 number. Small contributions rose (from 15.2% to 22.9%) but were still less in total than large individual donations (42.59%). The percentage of really large donations to political committees, i.e. from the top 100 donors, came to $ 1.6 billion in 2020.
1643:"—to political parties for activities intended to influence state or local elections. In a series of advisory opinions between 1977 and 1995, the FEC ruled that political parties could fund "mixed-purpose" activities—including get-out-the-vote drives and generic party advertising—in part with soft money, and that parties could also use soft money to defray the costs of "legislative advocacy media advertisements," even if the ads mentioned the name of a federal candidate, so long as they did not expressly advocate the candidate's election or defeat. Furthermore, in 1996, the Supreme Court decided
1261:. Provided the expenditure is not coordinated with the other candidate, this type of spending is not limited. Under the FEC rules, leadership PACs are non-connected PACs, and can accept donations from individuals and other PACs. Since current officeholders have an easier time attracting contributions, leadership PACs are a way dominant parties can capture seats from other parties. A leadership PAC sponsored by an elected official cannot use funds to support that official's own campaign. However, it may fund travel, administrative expenses, consultants, polling, and other non-campaign expenses.
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increases in the cost of living. In 2012, the parties' general election nominees were eligible to receive $ 91.2 million in public funds, although neither the
Democratic or Republican campaigns chose to accept those funds. If general election candidates accept public funds, they agree not to raise or spend private funds or to spend more than $ 50,000 of their personal resources. Hence, general election candidates who have the ability to raise more than the amount of public funds offered may decline the offer of public funds in favor of privately raising and spending a larger sum of money.
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711:, maintain legal restrictions on money in politics are an unjust restriction on free speech that should be opposed as a matter of principle. Bopp writes that "there may be too little money spent during political campaigns, not too much", because government is larger and more powerful than it should be, and at least often agree that campaign finance reform limiting spending on political campaigns is an unconstitutionally limit on "citizens' freedom of speech and association". DeVos compares restrictions on campaign finance to the tyranny of
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signed it, but the law did not take effect unless approved by voters in a referendum in 2010. In June 2010, voters soundly rejected the measure, 57% to 43%. A proposal to implement Clean
Elections in Alaska was voted down by a two-to-one margin in 2008, and a pilot program in New Jersey was terminated in 2008 amid concern about its constitutionality and that the law was ineffective in accomplishing its goals. In 2010, Portland voters used a referendum to repeal the clean elections law, originally enacted by the city council. In 2006, in
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provide the names, occupations, employers and addresses of all individuals who give them more than $ 200 in an election cycle. Additionally, they must disclose expenditures to any individual or vendor. The
Federal Election Commission maintains this database and publishes the information about campaigns and donors on its website. (Similar reporting requirements exist in many states for state and local candidates and for PACs and party committees.) There are extensive loopholes in campaign finance disclosure rules.
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are 'in the pocket' of so-called moneyed interests", since "with the advent of the
Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures" would be easier than ever (quoting Justice Anthony Kennedy). This has been criticized as "naive". Critics have noted that independent expenditure can be and have been closely coordinated with political campaigns, and that soft money began "flooding into elections" via "social welfare" groups that "claimed the right to spend on elections without disclosing their donors."
1773:, the Court also interpreted the "electioneering communications" provisions of BCRA to exempt "nonprofit corporations that were formed for the sole purpose of promoting political ideas, did not engage in business activities, and did not accept contributions from for-profit corporations or labor unions." Thus, non-business, non-profit political organizations could run electioneering advertisements provided that they did not accept corporate or union donations.
790:(IRS) filings. These donors exploit the SuperPAC loophole, which bypasses the traditional donation maximum for an individual in any year. On the Republican side, just around 130 particularly rich families accounted for more than half of the publicly disclosed presidential candidate campaign financing. For several major Republican presidential candidates, a handful of donors and their businesses accounted for most of the donations to the candidate.
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1780:" (named for the section of the tax code under which they operate). These nonprofit organizations are not regulated by the FEC, provided that they do not coordinate with candidates or expressly advocate for the election or defeat of a specific candidate. After the passage of the BCRA, many of the soft money-funded activities previously undertaken by political parties were taken over by various 527 groups, which funded many issue ads in the
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In 10 states independent spending amounted to 19% of the total amount of money contributed to candidates between 2005 and 2010. In three of those states independent spending was greater than 25% of the contributions given to candidates. Critics (such as journalist Matea Gold, Representative David E. Price) have complained that Super PACs have found "creative ways to work in concert" with the candidates and FEC regulation of them is nominal.
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no on particular legislation. She found that political money "carries more weight" in states with "more highly compensated legislators, larger chambers, and more professionalized leadership structures", where the "majority party's advantage is tightly contested and whose legislators are more likely to hold hopes of running for higher office"; less weight where legislatures have term limits and voters are more highly educated.
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fundraised prominently for their “independent” groups and even appeared in their ads. In addition, "a new breed of tax-exempt nonprofits has proliferated, boosting politicians — and their policies — while in office." They "raise unlimited, undisclosed funds". Brennan suggests "no more appearances by candidates at 'independent' fundraisers", and "a cooling off period before advisers jump to super PAC staff, and so on".
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of their funding cannot be traced back to the original donor. In the 2019-2020 election cycle, there were 2,415 groups organized as super PACs; their receipts reportedly totaled a little over $ 2.5 billion and independent expenditures totaled of a little under $ 1.3 billion. "Super PACs" first arose in the 2010 election. Super PACs were made possible by two judicial decisions. First, in
January 2010 the
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In the 2016 election cycle individual donations to candidates made up 52 percent of funds raised by House candidates compared to the 32 percent that PACS raised (Side et al 2018). This goes directly against the media narrative that PACS hold the power when it comes to election cycle spending. In the 2018 election cycle, leadership PACs donated more than $ 67 million to federal candidates.
1177:, commonly known as "super PACs," which are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate for or against any candidate(s) or issues, as long as there is no coordination, consultation or request by any campaign or candidate. Such donations in presidential elections amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. There are three main legal categories of independent groups:
1548:. The new regulations included limits on campaign finance, including caps on (1) individual contributions to candidates, (2) contributions to candidates by "political committees" (commonly known as Political Action Committees, or PACs), (3) total campaign expenditures, and (4) independent expenditures by individuals and groups "relative to a clearly identified candidate."
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up with politics in general and money is actually "just a convenient bugaboo". Furthermore, many things the public believes about corruption in politics are not true. Experts on campaign finance are much less cynical than the public about the nefarious influence of money in politics. "Legal scholars and social scientists say the evidence is meager, at best, that the post-
1399:," so named because while the recipient knows the identity of those giving them money, the public knows neither the identity of the campaigns, candidates nor other entities receiving the money, nor the amounts raised and spent, as these are exempt from disclosure requirements. In the 2020 election, more than $ 1 billion in “dark money” was spent at the federal level:
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disclose their donors publicly.. This aspect of the law has led to extensive use of 501(c)(4) organizations in raising and donating money for political activity. The NAACP, Planned
Parenthood, Sierra Club, and National Rifle Association are well known examples of organizations that operate 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations that engage in political advocacy.
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shareholders in the case of a corporation and members in the case of a union or other interest group. In exchange, the sponsor of the PAC may absorb all the administrative costs of operating the PAC and soliciting contributions. As of
January 2009, there were 1,598 registered corporate PACs, 272 related to labor unions and 995 to trade organizations.
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1251:: A nonconnected PAC is financially independent, meaning that it must pay for its own administrative expenses using the contributions it raises. Although an organization may financially support a nonconnected PAC, these expenditures are considered contributions to the PAC and are subject to the dollar limits and other requirements of the Act.
1387:, aggregate data on political contributions to provide insight into the influence of various groups. In August 2014, a new smartphone app called "Buypartisan" was released to allow consumers to scan the barcodes of items in grocery stores and see where that corporation and its leaders directed their political contributions.
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are no limits on soft money and some examples are donations for stickers, posters, and television and radio spots supporting a particular party platform or idea but not a concrete candidate. Soft money contributions may be spent on registering and mobilizing voters, just not on expressed advocacy for a particular candidate.
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Money that has been funneled into PACS has been on the rise. Congressional PACS went from raising 131 million dollars in 1978 to 466 million dollars in 2018 (Sides et al 2018). Even though people think that the majority of spending during a political campaign comes from PACS the data shows otherwise.
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In the 2010 midterm election cycle, candidates for office, political parties, and independent groups spent a total of $ 3.6 billion on federal elections. The average winner of a seat in the House of
Representatives spent $ 1.4 million on their campaign. The average winner of a Senate seat spent $ 9.8
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also held that the disclosure and reporting requirements of FECA could only apply to expenditures authorized or requested by a candidate or expenditures for communications that "expressly advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate." In conclusion, the arguments presented by the
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only committees", because they may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, but rather must do any political spending independently of the campaigns. While super PACs are legally required to disclose their donors, some of these groups are effectively dark money outlets when the bulk
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The reasoning behind the court decisions was that independent/soft spending would not result in corruption since the candidate would not be indebted to the independent contributor, and that those independent expenditures would "be visible to the public" who would then know "whether elected officials
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A 2017 study found that "only a small portion of
Americans make campaign donations" and that both Democratic and Republican donors "are more ideologically extreme than other partisans, including primary voters. With respect to why individuals contribute, we show that donors appear responsive to their
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Close fundraising loopholes for candidates and officeholders. Super PACs, can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in support of candidates, but are supposed to be “independent” of those candidates. In fact "many super PACs were run by candidates’ top aides" or close associates". "Politicians
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Races for non-federal offices are governed by state and local law. Over half the states allow some level of corporate and union contributions. As of 2021, some states have stricter limits on contributions, while some states have no limits at all. Much information from campaign spending comes from the
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Money donated by trade association groups and not-for-profit corporations, which are allowed to raise unlimited amounts from corporations and individuals, and to spend unlimited amounts any way they wish. The amount of dark money raised and spent has been increasing very rapidly each election cycle
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from making direct contributions or expenditures in connection with federal elections. These organizations may, however, sponsor a "separate segregated fund" (SSF), known as a "connected PAC". These PACs may receive and raise money only from a "restricted class", generally consisting of managers and
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and other super wealthy people comprises a disproportionate share of campaign financing in the United States. Examining one slice of the campaigning season—Summer 2015 of the 2016 presidential campaign cycle—the donations of fewer than 400 super wealthy families comprised nearly half of all publicly
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On a more practical level, Contrarians (David Primo and Jeffrey Milyo) argue that the public has been deceived by "the incessant message" propagated by 'the media, politicians, reform groups, and scholars", that money in politics is bad. In fact this public disapproval comes from Americans being fed
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Fully Disclose All Political Spending. As of 2018, disclosure laws "fail to regulate political advertising on the internet create the potential for a massive increase in undisclosed online spending". In state and local elections, where there is much less political money, "a dark money expenditure as
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gives powerful corporations and wealthy individuals leverage to not just express their political views or support for a candidate, but to "reshape the American economy in their favor", favoring lower taxes and smaller government over public spending to improve policing, public schools, environmental
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A 2012 study by Lynda Powell examined "subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which money buys influence" in state legislatures. They varied "from setting a party's agenda, to keeping bills off the floor, to adding earmarks and crafting key language in legislation", but did not often include voting yes or
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found that politicians made themselves more available for meetings with individuals when they believed that the individuals had donated to their campaign. A 2011 study found that "even after controlling for past contracts and other factors, companies that contributed more money to federal candidates
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In 2020, $ 14.4 billion was spent on federal election campaigns — $ 5.7 billion for the presidential election and $ 8.7 billion for congressional races—according to Open Secrets.org. Democrats outspent Republicans in races for both branches of government. The percentage of fundraising from PACs in
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or phrases in footnote 52 of that opinion — "vote for," "elect," "support", "cast your ballot for", "____ for Congress", "vote against", "defeat", "reject", or any variations thereof — as illustrative of speech that qualified as "express advocacy". The definition of express advocacy is what created
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Political party committees may contribute funds directly to candidates, subject to the contribution limits listed above. National and state party committees may make additional "coordinated expenditures," subject to limits, to help their nominees in general elections. National party committees may
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501(c)(4) "social welfare", 501(c)(5) "labor unions", 501(c)(6) "chambers of commerce" unlike 501(c)(3) charitable organizations can participate in political campaigns and elections, as long as the organization's "primary purpose" is issue advocacy and not political advocacy and are not required to
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held that contributions to groups that only make independent expenditures could not be limited in the size and source of contributions to the group. Independent expenditures continue to grow with $ 17 million spent in 2002 on congressional elections, $ 52 million in 2006, and $ 290 million in 2010.
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researchers who found that 82% of U.S. billionaires made financial contributions to political parties or candidates and a third of them "bundled" contributions from others, hosted political fundraisers, or both, focusing primarily on issues of taxes or Social Security, "overwhelmingly, for example,
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A 2022 study found that billionaires are increasingly using their personal wealth and that of corporations they control to, "drown out regular voters' voices and elect hand-picked candidates who further rig the nation's economy — especially the tax system." These findings comport with a 2015 report
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This may be because donors give to candidates who are "already viewed as being much stronger" than their opponent to ingratiate themselves with what looks like the winner, but also because money going to a less well-known candidate has the intended effect and results in their winning. "Even in wave
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At least according to one academic, (Geoffrey Cowan, Annenberg family chair for communication leadership at USC), campaign spending does not correlate with electoral victory. "You have to have enough, but it doesn't have to be the most." It has been suggested that Donald Trump's victory over well
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An estimated $ 16.7 billion was spent on the 2021 and 2022 election cycle, exceeding that of the last mid-term election. According to Open Secrets, of the 25 top donors for the 2021-2022 cycle, 18 are Republican, who have outspent Democrats by $ 200 million, and much of the Democrat's money was not
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on individual tax returns (the check off does not increase the filer's taxes, but merely directs $ 3 of the government's general fund to the presidential fund). The number of taxpayers who use the check off has fallen steadily since the early 1980s, until by 2006 fewer than 8 percent of taxpayers
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to hold that Congress could not limit donations to organizations that only made independent expenditures, that is, expenditures that were "uncoordinated" with a candidate's campaign. These decisions led to the rise of "independent-expenditure only" PACs, commonly known as "Super PACs." Super PACs,
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It also showed the limited reach of campaign finance laws to candidate and party committees, and other committees with a major purpose of electing candidates, or to speech that "expressly advocated" election or defeat of candidates. In an effort to distinguish between funding that could be limited
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Campaign finance law at the federal level requires candidate committees, party committees, and PACs to file periodic reports disclosing the money they raise and spend. Federal candidate committees must identify, for example, all PACs and party committees that give them contributions, and they must
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Organizations other than individual candidates and their campaigns also contribute to election spending. These organizations can donate money to political campaigns (according to the limits described above), but in addition they can spend money directly to influence elections in what are known as
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The key factor is whether an ad uses words like or similar to "vote for" or not. Most of such donations received by state party committees are then sent to the national party headquarters to spend as they please, including on political campaigns by candidates. Critics call this a legalized form of
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or "independent spending". Following a couple of 2010 court decisions (Citizens United v. FEC and SpeechNOW.org v. FEC, see below), soft money political spending was exempt from federal limits, creating what some have called "a major loophole" in federal campaign financing and spending law. There
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Another 2017 study found that relatively unpopular industries (which depending on the political situation may include fossil fuels, banking, etc.) provide larger contributions to candidates. The authors of the study argue that this is because candidates lose voter support when they are associated
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in November 2006, sponsored by the California Nurses Union, that would have provided for public financing of political campaigns and strict contribution limits on corporations, was defeated. In 2008, the non-partisan California Fair Elections Act passed the legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger
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One consequence of the limitation upon personal contributions from any one individual is that campaigns seek out "bundlers"—people who can gather contributions from many individuals in an organization or community and present the sum to the campaign. Campaigns often recognize these bundlers with
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have more political influence than other people", but that 72% thought this was "not at all" or "not too" much the case. Another 65% of respondents agreed that it should not be impossible to change this and that "new laws could be written that would be effective in reducing the role of money in
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In the 1970s, the FEC ran random audits into the campaign finances of House representatives. The audits revealed that nearly half of House members had campaign finance violations. Audited House members were more likely to retire. Among those that did not retire, their re-election races were more
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for the election or defeat of a candidate or party. When operated within the law, there are no upper limits on contributions to 527s and no restrictions on who may contribute. There are no spending limits imposed on these organizations. However, they must register with the IRS, publicly disclose
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The limits in this column apply to a national party committee's accounts for: (i) the presidential nominating convention; (ii) election recounts and contests and other legal proceedings; and (iii) national party headquarters buildings. A party's national committee, Senate campaign committee and
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Soft Money: money that is not supposed to "advocate the election or defeat of a federal candidate", but instead to be used for "state and local elections and generic 'party-building' activities, including voter registration campaigns and get-out-the-vote drives". Unlike hard money, there are "no
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Eligibility of minor parties for public funds is based on showing in the previous election, with 5% of the popular vote needed to qualify. The only party other than the Republicans and Democrats to receive government funding in a general election was the Reform Party, which qualified for public
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To receive subsidies in the primary, candidates must qualify by privately raising $ 5000 each in at least 20 states. During the primaries, in exchange for agreeing to limit their spending according to a statutory formula, eligible candidates receive matching payments for the first $ 250 of each
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According to Bryant and McManus, the "first federal campaign finance law" came after the Civil War—the Navy Appropriations Bill of 1867, which prohibited government employees from soliciting contributions from Navy yard workers. Wealthy and notable families such as the Astors and Vanderbilts
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found that industries overseen by committees decreased their contributions to congresspeople who recently departed from the committees and that they immediately increase their contributions to new members of the committees, which is "evidence that corporations and business PACs use donations to
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These groups are more active in American politics than ever before, as in 2016, more than $ 2.3 billion was raised between the Democratic and Republican National Committees. For the amounts of soft money contributed in recent years and the legislation that enabled this, see the section on the
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In addition to primary matching funds, the public funding program also assists with funding the major party (and eligible minor party) nominees' general election campaigns. The grants for the major parties' general election nominees are adjusted each Presidential election year to account for
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At the federal level, public funding is limited to subsidies for presidential campaigns. This includes (1) a matching program for the first $ 250 of each individual contribution during the primary campaign and (2) funding the major party nominees' general election campaigns. Through the 2012
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Election campaigns for non-federal offices are governed by state and local law, and contributions for these campaigns are not found in the federal campaign database. As of 2021, over half the states allow some level of corporate and union contributions, often the same as those for individual
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from soliciting or spending any soft money and prohibited state and local party committees from using soft money for activities that affect federal elections. Second, it prohibited the use of corporate and union treasury funds to pay for "electioneering communications"—broadcast or cable
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Massachusetts has had a hybrid public funding system for statewide offices since 1978. Taxpayers are allowed to contribute $ 1 to the statewide election fund by checking a box on their annual income taxes. Candidates who agree to spending limits are eligible for money from this fund.
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in 1990 spent on average $ 407,600 (equivalent to $ 950,000 in 2023), while the winner in 2022 spent on average $ 2.79 million; in the Senate, average spending for winning candidates went from $ 3.87 million (equivalent to $ 9.03 million in 2023) to $ 26.53 million.
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In 2020, nearly $ 14 billion was spent on federal election campaigns in the United States — "making it the most expensive campaign in U.S. history", "more than double" what was spent in the 2016 election. Critics assert that following a number of Supreme Court decisions —
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program in 2015, which gives city residents four $ 25 vouchers to donate to participating candidates. Vouchers have been proposed in other cities and states as a means to diversify the donor pool, help more candidates run for office, and boost political engagement.
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protection, employment opportunities, that very high income groups naturally have less interest in being protected by their own private security, their children attending private schools, enjoying scenic beauty and recreation on their country clubs and estates.
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House campaign committee are each considered separate national party committees with separate limits. Only a national party committee, not the parties' national congressional campaign committees, may have an account for the presidential nominating convention.
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and other court rulings ended limits on some campaign spending, reformers concerned about the political deck being unfairly stacked "in favor of the few donors able to give large contributions" concentrated on public finance of political campaigns. The
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however, "several scholars" state that studies "comparing states like Virginia with scant regulation" on political contributions, against those like Wisconsin with "strict rules" have "not found much difference in levels of corruption or public trust".
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prohibited corporations and nationally chartered (interstate) banks from making direct financial contributions to federal candidates. However, weak enforcement mechanisms made the Act ineffective. Disclosure requirements and spending limits for
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Public concern over the influence of large donors in political campaigns was reflected in a 2018 opinion poll which found that 74% of Americans surveyed thought it was "very" important that "people who give a lot of money to elected officials"
1576:, the Court upheld the Act's limits on individual contributions, as well as the disclosure and reporting provisions and the public financing scheme. The Court held that limitations on donations to candidates were constitutional because of the
1935:, for example, promotes "small donor public financing", i.e. a system where "public funds match and multiply small donations", the idea being candidates would be incentivized "to seek out many supporters, not just a few big donors".
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Robert G. Kaiser; Alice Crites (research contributor) (2007). "How lobbying became Washington's biggest business – Big money creates a new capital city. As lobbying booms, Washington and politics are transformed." Citizen K Street
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also make unlimited "independent expenditures" to support or oppose federal candidates. However, since 2002, national parties have been prohibited from accepting any funds outside the limits established for elections in the FECA.
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was one of the first American politicians to use what are now conventional campaign techniques of using campaign staffers to help him raise money and secure votes and campaign committees to organize rallies and parades.
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suggested that a key part of most Clean Election laws—a provision granting extra money (or "rescue funds") to participating candidates who are being outspent by non-participating candidates—is unconstitutional. In 2011, in
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1267:: Super Pacs are unlike other PACs, in that they have no legal limit to the funds they can raise from individuals, corporations, unions and other groups, provided they are operated correctly. They are officially known as "
1297:: A hybrid PAC (sometimes called a Carey Committee) is similar to a Super PAC, but can give limited amounts of money directly to campaigns and committees, while still making independent expenditures in unlimited amounts.
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by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government. Campaign spending has risen steadily at least since 1990. For example, a candidate who won an election to the
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struck down, on free speech grounds, the limits on the ability of organizations that accepted corporate or union money from running electioneering communications. The Court reasoned that the restrictions permitted by
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were directing money to the fund, leaving the fund chronically short of cash. However, the fact that fewer candidates have chosen to apply for public funding has alleviated the fund's former monetary shortages.
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because it was for the purpose of electing a candidate and so subject to corruption, and funding for independent expenditures that could not be limited because there was no corruption danger, the Court listed
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in preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption. However, the Court also held that caps on the amount campaigns could spend and caps on independent expenditures were an unconstitutional abridgment of
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there is no evidence that stricter campaign finance rules reduce corruption or raise positive assessments of government. It seems like such an obvious relationship but it has proven impossible to prove.”
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and the general election. Eligibility requirements must be fulfilled to qualify for a government subsidy, and those that do accept government funding are usually subject to spending limits on money.
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of California, for example, was sentenced to 11 months in prison in 2020 "for spending 2018 campaign donations on family trips to Hawaii and Italy and private school for his children."
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requiring candidates to appear in campaign advertisements and claim responsibility for the ad (most commonly with a phrase similar to "I'm John Smith and I approve this message.")
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contributors, (i.e. lower than the national limits), while several states (Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Virginia) have no limits at all.
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individual contribution (up to half of the spending limit). However, candidates who decline matching funds are free to spend as much money as they can raise privately.
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Additionally, a national party committee and its Senatorial campaign committee may contribute up to $ 46,800 combined per campaign to each Senate candidate.
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Reform the Federal Election Commission. In 2016, panel votes on enforcement matters deadlocked roughly 1 time in 3, "according to former FEC Commissioner
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financed opponents was an example of the limits of money in politics. However, comparing electoral success with who spent the most running for congress,
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A 2003 study by GAO found, "It is too soon to determine the extent to which the goals of Maine's and Arizona's public financing programs are being met."
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in recent years in both state and federal elections, to the point that it now amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. presidential elections.
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track how money is raised and spent. Although most campaign spending is privately financed (largely through donors that work in subsidized industries),
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Woodstock Theological Center (2002). "The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power, and the Common Good". Georgetown University Press.
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elections, the candidate who spends the most, usually wins. This trend is stronger in the House than the Senate but applies in both chambers".
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Weidman, Jonathan; Shorey, Rachel (November 3, 2022). "Fueled by Billionaires, Political Spending Shatters Records Again". The New York Times.
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advertisements clearly identifying a federal candidate—within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election. The law also included a
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that government may not prohibit unions and corporations from making independent expenditure for political purposes. Two months later, in
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3895:"Soft Money Is good: Hard Earned American Dollars that Big Brother Has Yet to Find a Way to Control". Roll Call. September 6, 1997.
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toward repealing the estate tax, reducing capital gains and personal and corporate income taxes, and opposing carbon taxes."
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and those made to parties and committees "for party building in general rather than for specific candidates" are called
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the six leading primary candidates (three Democratic, three Republican) listed a total of nearly two thousand bundlers.
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Powell, Eleanor Neff; Grimmer, Justin (August 3, 2016). "Money in Exile: Campaign Contributions and Committee Access".
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since 2000, where a majority of officials were elected without spending any private contributions on their campaigns.
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were justified based on avoiding corruption or the appearance of corruption, and that this rationale did not apply to
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funding in 1996 and 2000 on the basis of Ross Perot's strong showing in the 1992 and 1996 elections. In addition,
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small individual contributors (defined by the government as being from individuals who contribute $ 200 or less),
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low as $ 100,000, or even $ 10,000 — pocket change for special interests — can easily dominate an election".
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campaign, public funding was also available to finance the major parties' national nominating conventions.
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report, these two decisions constitute "the most fundamental changes to campaign finance law in decades."
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disbursed. In the 2022 Congressional races, the sources of campaign contributions broke down as follows:
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Selling Out, How Big Corporate Money Buys Elections, Rams Through Legislation, and Betrays Our Democracy
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did so in 2008. Obama again declined government funds for the 2012 campaign, as did Republican nominee
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An in-depth look at American campaign finance from the viewpoints of both politicians and lobbyists.
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Since the 2012 primary campaign, few candidates have chosen to accept matching funds. In 2012, only
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notes that in 1972 a $ 2 million dollar political donation by an insurance magnate (by
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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3584:"Campaign Contributions Influence Public Policy, Finds Study of 50 State Legislatures"
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Richter, Brian Kelleher; Samphantharak, Krislert; Timmons, Jeffrey F. (October 2009).
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Money, Power & Election: How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy
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Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
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Writing Reform: A Guide to Drafting State & Local Campaign Finance Laws
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large individual contributors (individuals who contribute more than $ 200),
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found that while "money doesn't always equal victory ... it usually does."
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McConnell v. Federal Election Comm'n, 540 U.S. 93, 123–24 & n.7 (2003)
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Brennan Center for Justice, New York University Law School, 26 Jun. 2016,
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their donors and file periodic reports of contributions and expenditures.
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Smith, Craig R. (2003). "Buckley v. Valeo". In Parker, Richard A. (ed.).
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4179:(August 31, 2007). "Use of Bundlers Raises New Risks for Campaigns".
4085:"Just 27 billionaires spent $ 90 million to buy GOP Congress: report"
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Confessore, Nicholas; Cohen, Sarah; Yourish, Karen (August 1, 2015).
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Campaign Finance "Reform": The Good, The Bad and the Unconstitutional
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maintains a database searchable by the public. In California the
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Bardes, Steffen W. Schmidt, Mack C. Shelley, Barbara A. (2009).
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On February 19, 2013, the Supreme Court announced it would hear
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5595:"Sorry America, Trump and Clinton Don't Want Your $ 96 Million"
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Campaigns and elections : rules, reality, strategy, choice
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How 2014 Is Shaping Up to be the Darkest Money Election to Date
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Charles W. Bryant; Melanie Radzicki McManus (October 6, 2020).
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passed a Clean Elections law in 2005, along with the cities of
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Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution
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The Influence of Campaign Contributions in State Legislatures
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Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
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decreases public interest in public affairs and government;
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subsequently received more contracts." A 2016 study in the
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Sides, John; Shaw, Daron; Grossman, Matt; Lipsitz, Keena.
5569:"Romney Shunning Federal Funds in Post-Watergate Election"
4820:"The FEC and the Federal Campaign Finance Law: Disclosure"
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Meyer, Theodoric; Alemany, Jacqueline (January 19, 2022).
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Massoglia, Anna; Evers-Hillstrom, Karl (March 17, 2021).
5997:
Campaigns and Elections Rules, Reality, Strategy, Choice
5286:"Supreme Court to hear case on campaign donation limits"
5093:. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. pp.
3018:"Most expensive ever: 2020 election cost $ 14.4 billion"
2570:
Levine, Ally J.; Funakoshi, Minami (November 24, 2020).
2079:
The presidential public financing system is funded by a
6191:
6186:
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5845:"'Democracy vouchers' win in Seattle; first in country"
5256:
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2010, "
4528:
Stern, Marcus; LaFleur, Jennifer (September 26, 2009).
4118:. San Francisco: American Political Science Association
1991:
decided not to take primary matching funds. Republican
4025:"Electoral Contributions and the Cost of Unpopularity"
3222:
Kalla, Joshua L.; Broockman, David E. (July 1, 2016).
2900:
Weisman, Jonathan; Shorey, Rachel (November 3, 2022).
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5075:, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, April 15, 2002
4975:
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4965:
3948:"Small Pool of Rich Donors Dominates Election Giving"
3712:
Hacker, Jacob S.; Loewentheil, Nathan (Winter 2003).
1645:
Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC
3909:"Does Corporate Money Lead to Political Corruption?"
3636:"Does Corporate Money Lead to Political Corruption?"
3467:
Chirinko, Robert S.; Wilson, Daniel J. (June 2010).
3269:
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
1173:
Another form of soft money is political spending by
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Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform
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5458:"Public funds received by candidates 1976-present"
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5311:"McCutcheon et al. v. Federal Election Commission"
4318:. (See page 1 of "The Ethics of Lobbying" chapter)
3973:Hill, Seth J.; Huber, Gregory A. (March 1, 2017).
3194:
2444:spent $ 730 million in his election campaign, and
1841:and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in
1424:History of campaign finance in the United States
4256:"Whatever happened to those bundler-ambassadors?"
3663:
3661:
3659:
3657:
30:"Soft money" redirects here. For other uses, see
27:Contributions to American election campaign funds
6007:. The Campaign Finance Institute. Archived from
3803:. The Brennan Center for Justice. pp. 24–25
3772:. The Brennan Center for Justice. pp. 23–24
2651:
2649:
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2620:
1899:McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014)
1395:A major loophole to disclosure requirements is "
167:federal contribution limits" on it (see below).
5491:"Bullock to seek public financing for 2020 bid"
4392:
4390:
3825:. The Brennan Center for Justice. pp. 25–6
2596:
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1598:to limit donations in campaigns, not spending.
1457:Early attempts at regulating money in campaigns
3739:
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1955:opted out of the program. In 2000, Forbes and
1279:Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
47:depicting the American campaign finance system
6380:
5273:. Journalist's Resource.org. October 3, 2011.
4676:"Colbert gets a Super PAC; So what are they?"
3668:Primo, David; Milyo, Jeffrey (July 6, 2020).
3548:
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3168:"Banking on Becoming President - OpenSecrets"
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3693:. The Brennan Center for Justice. p. 22
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2726:
2724:
2330:Campaign finance reform in the United States
1069:Indexed for inflation in odd-numbered years.
972:State, District & Local Party Committee
661:Campaign finance reform in the United States
279:Over the decades it has risen much faster.
4582:"Congress 101: Political Action Committees"
4508:Kurtzleben, Danielle (September 27, 2010).
4414:"Tracking the 2016 Presidential Money Race"
3745:"Public campaign financing. Why it matters"
3398:Craig, John; Madland, David (May 2, 2014).
3016:Evers-Hillstrom, Karl (February 11, 2021).
794:perception of the stakes in the election."
764:self-financing (the candidate's own money).
139:is available for qualifying candidates for
6387:
6373:
6365:
6303:Campaign Cash Since Citizens United Ruling
6024:Gill, David; Lipsmeyer, Christine (2005).
5681:"Taxpayers elect not to pay for campaigns"
5588:
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4742:"FEC Terminology for Candidate Committees"
4530:"Leadership PACs: Let the Good Times Roll"
4023:Bassetti, Thomas; Pavesi, Filippo (2017).
3907:Kirkpatrick, David D. (January 23, 2010).
3634:Kirkpatrick, David D. (January 23, 2010).
1658:
1406:$ 170 million was spent on TV advertising;
6222:Learn how and when to remove this message
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3141:"2008 campaign costliest in U.S. history"
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2732:National Conference of State Legislatures
2715:"Graph analysis of FEC donation data.PDF"
2367:Political corruption in the United States
1907:McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
6344:Political Finance data for United States
5284:Schouten, Fredreka (February 19, 2013).
5219:American government & politics today
4230:"Another Obama bundler named ambassador"
4138:"A Century Of U.S. Campaign Finance Law"
3933:Americans for Tax Fairness, 15 May 2024
3524:"Is This the End of Big-Money Politics?"
2192:
1776:Furthermore, the BCRA did not regulate "
1766:McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
1086:State and local contribution regulations
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4854:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110316-113428
4840:Annual Review of Law and Social Science
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6094:The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform
5567:Salant, Jonathan D. (April 27, 2012).
5235:
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1959:opted out. In 2004 Bush and Democrats
1871:Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce
1345:named after "Section 527" of the U.S.
6709:Campaign finance in the United States
6460:Major industrial and business lobbies
5489:Greenwood, Max (September 30, 2019).
5128:American Journal of Political Science
4326:
4324:
4112:Stealth Politics by U.S. Billionaires
3496:Joseph Calabrese (October 22, 2018).
3427:American Journal of Political Science
3228:American Journal of Political Science
3139:Cummings, Jeanne (November 5, 2008).
2523:Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
1625:Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002)
1506:(1947) extended the corporate ban to
1288:Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
984:
467:American Journal of Political Science
7:
6140:. Louisiana State University Press.
4772:Levinthal, Dave (January 21, 2012).
2845:"Total Cost of Election (1990-2022)"
2601:Schwartz, Brian (October 28, 2020).
2140:Davis v. Federal Election Commission
1514:Federal Election Campaign Act (1971)
1175:"independent expenditure committees"
1145:"Soft" money/Independent expenditure
841:State/District/Local Party Committee
6326:"Take the Money and Run for Office"
3850:. Knopf Doubleday. pp. 234–5.
2066:presidential nominating conventions
1753:national political party committees
1655:Soft money raised from 1993 to 2002
1409:132 million on digital advertising;
1181:independent expenditure committees,
777:Political donations by major donors
5950:. Pennsylvania Department of State
5804:Supreme Court of the United States
5548:. Blogs.abcnews.com. June 19, 2008
5517:Watson, Libby (January 27, 2016).
5318:Supreme Court of the United States
4833:Wood, Abby K. (October 13, 2018).
4331:Deric, Shannon (January 1, 2011).
2007:elected to take public financing.
1792:, for violations arising from the
1562:of the FECA was challenged in the
25:
2167:Ethics of spending campaign funds
1383:Various organizations, including
464:A 2016 experimental study in the
6171:
6049:. Regan Books (Harper Collins).
6005:"Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act"
5972:. California Department of State
4083:Stancil, Kenny (July 19, 2022).
3603:. University of Michigan Press.
3439:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00407.x
3118:"The Money Behind the Elections"
2436:In 2008, candidates for office,
2014:(who ran unsuccessfully for the
419:
6334:. Episode 461. March 30, 2012.
6291:Center for Competitive Politics
6154:Torres-Spelliscy, Ciara (ed.),
6096:. University of Chicago Press.
5843:Young, Bob (November 3, 2015).
5622:"Convention funding eliminated"
5340:"Quick Answers: Public Funding"
5260:", last accessed Apr. 10, 2012.
5187:IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
4959:, OpenSecrets (April 30, 2014).
4911:"Secret Spending in the States"
4441:"Dark Money. Dark Money Basics"
1594:courts came to the decision in
1130:Advocacy groups/interest groups
301:Koch brothers political network
6117:. Princeton University Press.
5948:"Campaign Finance Information"
5593:Gimein, Mark (June 14, 2016).
4822:. Federal Election Commission.
4559:"Leadership PACs and Sponsors"
4254:Kamen, Al (December 6, 2021).
3402:. Center for American Progress
2872:. Knopf Doubleday. p. 8.
2817:"Academic Resources: Glossary"
2656:JONES, BRADLEY (May 8, 2018).
2346:FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
1864:to independent organizations.
1847:Congressional Research Service
1809:FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
1801:FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
1749:Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
1631:Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
1194:Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
672:The Brennan Center for Justice
646:wastes economic resources on "
141:President of the United States
125:Center for Responsive Politics
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6714:Lobbying in the United States
6396:Lobbying in the United States
4835:"Campaign Finance Disclosure"
4706:Journal of Law & Politics
4425:"PolĂticas Parties: Overview"
4295:The dynamics of firm lobbying
4228:Sink, Justin (June 6, 2014).
3522:Mayer, Jane (March 3, 2016).
3263:Witko, C. (October 1, 2011).
3201:. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
2128:California ballot proposition
1914:Public financing of campaigns
1826:Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
1790:Swift Boat Veterans for Truth
1520:Federal Election Campaign Act
1492:Federal Corrupt Practices Act
1234:Federal Election Campaign Act
1205:"independent expenditures".
1136:Lobbying in the United States
74:U.S. House of Representatives
6073:. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
4718:Gold, Matea (July 6, 2015).
4515:U.S. News & World Report
4463:"SSFs and Nonconnected PACs"
4383:. Doubleday. pp. 228–9.
3878:James Boop (July 19, 1999).
2690:"How Campaign Finance Works"
2517:American Antiquarian Society
2497:American Antiquarian Society
2094:Clean Money, Clean Elections
1758:"stand by your ad" provision
1494:(1925). An amendment to the
6236:Federal Election Commission
5888:. ProPublica. November 2022
5648:Federal Election Commission
5469:Federal Election Commission
5369:Federal Election Commission
5206:McConnell, 540 U.S. at 126.
4750:Federal Election Commission
4570:Federal Election Commission
3718:Democracy, Journal of Ideas
2968:"Where the Money Came From"
2928:"Where the Money Came From"
1830:SpeechNOW.org v. FEC (2010)
1546:Federal Election Commission
1542:political action committees
1351:political action committees
1215:Political action committees
1117:2004 presidential campaigns
811:Federal contribution limits
759:political action committees
739:Sources of campaign funding
480:Impact on electoral success
117:Federal Election Commission
89:Political Action Committees
32:Soft money (disambiguation)
6735:
6516:Major single-issue lobbies
6424:Political action committee
6336:Public Radio International
6266:Campaign Finance Institute
5872:"Democracy Policy Network"
4774:"Meet the super super PAC"
2632:Brennan Center for Justice
2362:Political action committee
1933:Brennan Center for Justice
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5999:. W.W Norton and Company.
5771:"Campaign Finance Reform"
5431:. Fec.gov. Archived from
5399:, Tancredo certification.
4617:"Outside Spending (2010)"
4396:Politico, 4 August 2017,
4368:. Doubleday. p. 228.
3994:10.1007/s11109-016-9343-y
3597:Powell, Lynda W. (2012).
2252:has state-level data for
1939:Of presidential campaigns
1578:compelling state interest
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992:National Party Committee
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4412:Bloomberg, 9 Dec. 2016,
3193:Dziedzic, Nancy (2012).
2990:"2016 Presidential Race"
2628:"Influence of Big Money"
1868:overruled the 1990 case
1532:, the President and the
1259:independent expenditures
844:National Party Committee
788:Internal Revenue Service
589:House of Representatives
155:Terminology, definitions
6296:March 28, 2014, at the
6158:(2010 Revised Edition).
6111:Smith, Bradley (2001).
5970:"Welcome to Cal-Access"
4806:April 11, 2011, at the
4587:Congressional Quarterly
4301:. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
4284:. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
3347:Anthony Fowler (2020).
3306:The Journal of Politics
2357:No corporate PAC pledge
2114:Albuquerque, New Mexico
1845:. According to a 2011
1819:Wisconsin Right to Life
1553:Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
1469:Named for its sponsor,
1343:tax-exempt organization
1269:independent-expenditure
804:Northwestern University
709:The Heritage Foundation
455:Impact of contributions
6132:Smith, Rodney (2006).
6092:Samples, John (2006).
5753:"Anchorage Daily News"
4933:. 2015. Archived from
4923:"Political Nonprofits"
3884:. Heritage Foundation.
2775:"Making disbursements"
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1927:Citizens United v. FEC
1838:Citizens United v. FEC
1649:campaign contributions
1391:"Dark money" exception
1341:is a type of American
1212:
1184:527 organizations, and
967:per account, per year
932:per account, per year
879:per account, per year
838:(SSF and Nonconnected)
778:
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699:Criticism of solutions
668:Citizens United v. FEC
84:Citizens United v. FEC
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6451:Legislative scorecard
6350:The Cost of Campaigns
6261:Campaign Legal Center
6256:CQ PoliticalMoneyLine
5435:on September 16, 2008
4162:Table taken from the
3282:10.1093/jopart/mur005
2660:. Pew Research Center
2572:"Financial Sinkholes"
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1347:Internal Revenue Code
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6688:Congressional caucus
6192:improve this article
6041:Green, Mark (2002).
5652:"Annual Report 1980"
5006:Mayer, Jane (2016).
4540:on December 20, 2009
4379:Mayer, Jane (2016).
4364:Mayer, Jane (2016).
4335:. Pine Forge Press.
4177:David D. Kirkpatrick
3954:. The New York Times
3915:. The New York Times
3844:Mayer, Jane (2016).
3642:. The New York Times
3423:"Lobbying and Taxes"
2908:. The New York Times
2866:Mayer, Jane (2016).
2263:In Pennsylvania the
2158:voters approved the
1843:SpeechNow.org v. FEC
1359:"expressly advocate"
1308:501(c) organizations
1284:Speechnow.org v. FEC
884:Candidate Committee
769:Super wealthy donors
460:Impact on recipients
115:and enforced by the
6286:Moneyed Politicians
6204:footnote references
5759:on January 2, 2009.
5524:Sunlight Foundation
5120:Grose, Christian R.
5073:"Case No. 00-60779"
4890:The Washington Post
4282:The Washington Post
4166:on 14 January 2016.
3353:Journal of Politics
2789:"Dark Money Basics"
2265:Department of State
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1862:corporate donations
1726:Total contributions
1612:dark money groups.
1479:Tillman Act of 1907
1465:Tillman Act of 1907
1314:501(c) organization
985:Unlimited Transfers
940:—Nonmulticandidate
922:per year (combined)
897:Unlimited Transfers
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473:Journal of Politics
394:Senate Republicans
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6538:Federal leadership
6331:This American Life
5414:2008-09-16 at the
5395:2008-09-16 at the
5140:10.1111/ajps.12676
4702:Briffault, Richard
4627:on August 27, 2021
4564:2012-03-10 at the
4484:"20090309PACcount"
4427:. Opensecrets.org.
4181:The New York Times
4144:. January 21, 2010
4044:10.1111/ecin.12461
3982:Political Behavior
3952:The New York Times
3913:The New York Times
3640:The New York Times
3241:10.1111/ajps.12180
3068:"Cost of Election"
2953:"Cost of election"
2906:The New York Times
2377:Testing the waters
2269:Secretary of State
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2134:Randall v. Sorrell
1975:, and Republicans
1881:, which relied on
1564:U.S. Supreme Court
1500:Smith–Connally Act
1274:U.S. Supreme Court
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744:Funding categories
707:and James Bopp of
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6056:978-0-06-052392-3
6028:. Public Choice.
6011:on March 17, 2005
5229:978-0-495-56871-1
5037:978-0-393-64053-3
4884:Itkowitz, Colby.
4722:. Washington Post
4674:(June 30, 2011).
4600:"Leadership PACs"
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3502:USCAnnanbergMedia
3208:978-0-7377-5434-6
3197:Election Spending
3128:on March 7, 2016.
3093:"Election Trends"
2438:political parties
2372:Political finance
2340:Eight Magic Words
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2160:Democracy voucher
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1560:constitutionality
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1249:Nonconnected PACs
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2110:Portland, Oregon
2074:John B. Anderson
1705:Republican Party
1683:Democratic Party
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1596:Buckley v. Valeo
1589:. In addition,
1569:Buckley v. Valeo
1504:Taft–Hartley Act
1451:William McKinley
1375:Disclosure rules
1335:527 organization
1329:527 organization
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