Individual donors play a critical role in financing congressional elections, accounting for more than half of all money raised in House campaigns. But significant donors (defined here as those contributing more than $200) are the least understood participants in the system. Defenders assert that contributing money to campaigns is part of a broader pattern of civic involvement and is free speech that gives a voice to various interests. Detractors argue that these contributions are undemocratic, enabling wealthy citizens to overwhelm the voices of the many and to promote narrow business and...
Individual donors play a critical role in financing congressional elections, accounting for more than half of all money raised in House campaigns. But...
It has been predicted that term limits in state legislatures--soon to be in effect in eighteen states--will first affect the composition of the legislatures, next the behavior of legislators, and finally legislatures as institutions. The studies in Term Limits in State Legislatures demonstrate that term limits have had considerably less effect on state legislatures than proponents predicted. The term-limit movement--designed to limit the maximum time a legislator can serve in office--swept through the states like wildfire in the first half of the 1990s. By November 2000, state...
It has been predicted that term limits in state legislatures--soon to be in effect in eighteen states--will first affect the composition of the legisl...
Serious Money offers detailed analysis of the relationship between fundraising methods and contributing decisions in presidential nomination campaigns. Brown, Powell, and Wilcox explore the fundamental differences between direct mail solicitation and personal-solicitation networks, and how candidate resources dictate the use of unique methods of solicitation. The research is based largely on newly conducted surveys of campaign contributors, a panel study of contributors and interviews with campaign fundraising professionals.
Serious Money offers detailed analysis of the relationship between fundraising methods and contributing decisions in presidential nomination campaigns...
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others.Using a national survey of legislators, shedevelops an innovative measure of influence and delineates the factors that explain this great variation across the 99 U.S. state legislative chambers.
Powell identifies the personal, institutional, and political factors that determine how muchtime...
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislat...
