POL 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Federal Election Commission, Political Action Committee, Legal Personality
12 Dec 2014
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Why lobbies are influential -> strong free speech. Can only give so much money per election. Every pac must report on regular basis where 7480 come from, where it goes, how much. Individual donation = per race per candidate: pac cap = to candidates + ,000 to political party per election. >can advertise for issues + ppl but cannot give $ Raise money from corporation, unions, individual for candidates. (,000,000 in 2014) > trend = restricted spending tends to lead to new ways of more spending. >in congress, incumbency draws more money than party affiliation. >makes politicians beholden to certain groups/issues. (know all donors) > makes policy substance too ideological + narrow-interest driven. House reps are close to local interests and act more as delegates (house rep who strictly represents wants of the ppl) than trustees (->uses own judgement as well as wishes of constituents) Political parties act as umbrella but reps organize, fund, manage their own campaigns.
