Campaign Finance
Where do politicians running for office get their money? What do they spend it on? And what does that mean for voters? We have answers.
A conversation about DC’s shadowy influence industry.
Overall spending between the parties is comparable. But Republicans dominate here.
“I raise money. It’s what I do.”
Money matters for elections, of course, but this election also matters for campaign finance.
A scandal, third party candidates, and a shocking new poll.
Will Larry Lessig’s bet pay off?
But it’s almost certainly doomed.
That “class war” you’ve heard so much about? It’s finished.
Money suffuses our political system. Here’s what’s going on, in charts.
The small minority of people who fund American politics are much, much more politically polarized than the vast majority of people who don’t contribute to campaigns.
Larry Lessig’s Mayday PAC has raised $5 million to change how American elections are financed. But getting Republican support will be challenging.
Two Yale law professors think the problem with campaigns isn’t too much secret money. It’s not enough secret money.