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First Amendment and Campaigns: More Campaign Speech Benefits Voters

January 1, 2018 • By IFS Staff • Blog • First Amendment and Campaigns

At the heart of the First Amendment is the assumption that Americans are best served by a full and free discussion of whom to elect. The American system of government sits atop the bedrock of the First Amendment. From the pamphleteering of the founding era to the Facebook ads of today, political campaigns have been premised upon free and open…

Campaign Finance in U.S. House Primary and General Elections

January 1, 2001 • By IFS staff • First Amendment and Campaigns, Political Spending, Academic Research

This chapter explores the relationship between U.S. House primary and general elections, focusing specifically on campaign finance. In the chapter, we assess how competitiveness in primaries ...

A Simple Explanation for Why Campaign Expenditures are Increasing: the Government is Getting Bigger

October 1, 2000 • By Luke Wachob • First Amendment and Campaigns, Political Spending

Federal campaign spending for all candidates running for the House and the Senate has risen by 180 in real terms from 1976 to 1994, ...

Do Campaign Donations Alter How a Politician Votes? Or, Do Donors Support Candidtes Who Value the Same Things that they Do?

October 1, 1997 • By IFS staff • First Amendment and Campaigns, Petition Rights, Political Spending, Academic Research

Do special interest campaign contributions significantly alter how politicians vote on legislative issues? Can these political action committee (PAC) contributions ‘‘buy’’ votes within the Congress? Despite ...

Campaign Finance “Reform” Proposals: A First Amendment Analysis

September 4, 1997 • By IFS staff • First Amendment and Campaigns, Supreme Court, Academic Research

In the wake of recent reports of questionable campaign finance practices have come ever more draconian proposals to "reform" the campaign finance system. Those proposals ...

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