Self-Financed Candidates in Congressional Elections.

Are our elections for sale? Americans have long asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Michigan Press 2009.
Temas:
United States. > Congress > Elections.
United States. > Congress
Self-financed political candidates > United States.
Campaign funds > United States.
Campaign funds > United States > Statistics.
Campaign funds
Elections
Self-financed political candidates
United States
Statistics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The distribution of self-financing : candidate quality, timing, and the local context
  • How self-financing shapes the field of competition
  • How much bang in a self-financed buck?
  • Self-financing and the electoral connection
  • Democracy, campaign reform, and politics.

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