POLSCI 190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Small Business, Make America Great Again, Political Action Committee

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 190
• Professor: Richard Hall

Document Summary

Campaign - mix of personal contacts, fundraising, speech-making, advertising, and symbolic appeals designed to convey messages to potential voters. Candidates learn about voters through surveys and focus groups. Must create a message that stands out. Long public record gives opponent many openings to exploit such as past votes. In 2014 elections, congressional candidates raised . 6 billion. Accounted for by increase in population and new campaign technologies. Campaign contributions are free speech protected by the first amendment. Congressional candidates can raise money from 4 sources. Individual contributions over : must disclose name and employer. ,200 individual contribution cap was invalidated in mccutcheon v, fec. Pac can give up to to a candidate in an election. National party committees can contribute up to ,400. Independent expenditures, efforts by groups unconnected to candidate. Super pac contributor may avoid disclosing information by not directing the contribution toward any political advertisement. Campaign finance laws have failed to limit the influence of money in politics.