The APsolute RecAP: United States Government Edition - Campaign Finance
Update: 2021-02-02
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Today we will look more closely at the role of campaign contributions and the process of starting to regulate them in the 1970’s (1:48 ). We will then turn to the emergence of PACs and other organizations to avoid regulation (3:47 ). Finally, we will look at the Supreme Court case Citizens United and what that means for future elections (5:53 ).
Today’s question of the day (7:29 ): According to a 2018 Pew Research survey, what percent of Americans “ ‘think there should be limits on the amount of money individuals and organizations’ can spend?”
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