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Title:
Campaign finance / Kathryn Roberts, book editor.
Author:
Roberts, Kathryn, 1990- compiling editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Greenhaven Publishing LLC, 2019.
Call Number:
JK1991 .C3424 2019
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781534504110

9781534504332
Series:
Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
198 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Are there benefits to publicly financed campaigns? There are constitutional issues to public financing of campaigns / Adam Wolkoff -- Public financing fosters electoral diversity / Mimi Murray, Digby Marziani, and Adam Skaggs -- Third party candidates face a high hurdle in the electoral college / Walter Berns -- Public funding drove politicians to spend more time with voters / Andrew Prokop -- Public financing is in the interest of all people / Joan Mandle -- Why is private campaign financing the most popular way to raise funds? State campaign finance laws have a history / National Conference of State Legislatures -- Limits on campaign contributions stifle citizens' power / Bradley A. Smith -- Private financing can result in blurred messaging / Matt Motyl -- How do we fix campaign finance? / Sanoja Bhaumik -- The US has different priorities than other countries when it comes to campaign rules / Paul Waldman -- Do corporate donations need more or less regulation? Every election year promises record spending / Kim Barker and Marian Wang -- Political donations corrupt democracy in ways we might not realize / Warwick Smith -- Corporate political donations are state-sanctioned bribery / Paul Karp -- Donors gain far superior access to influential policy makers / John Wihbey -- Why is transparency in campaign financing important to fair elections? After Citizens United the disconnect between average citizens and elected officials grew / Brennan Center for Justice -- The rules surrounding campaign finance are increasingly complex / Citizen Joe -- As more money flows into campaigns, Americans worry about its influence / Drew Desilver and Patrick van Kessel -- It is difficult to determine when joint fundraising committees violate campaign laws / Peter Overby -- Campaign finance reform restructured campaigns and the political world / Laura MacCleery.
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