Subsidizing democracy : how public funding changes elections and how it can work in the future /

In the wake of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), the case that allowed corporate and union spending in elections, many Americans despaired over the corrosive influence that private and often anonymous money can have on political platforms, campaigns, and outcomes at the federal...

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Main Author: Miller, Michael Gerald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why public funding?
  • Strategic candidates and public funding
  • Campaign time
  • Voting behavior
  • Candidate quality
  • Ideology and partisan participation
  • Clean elections at the Supreme Court
  • Conclusion : reform in the future.