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Political Parties: Vehicles for Political Association
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Political parties have been an important actor in American politics since this country’s founding. Parties have been a boon to First Amendment freedoms of political speech and association. They’ve allowed individuals to join together and speak with one voice about the issues of the day. They’ve allowed candidates to associate with a brand and more easily convey their message to…

Why the Center Does Not Hold: The Causes of Hyperpolarized Democracy in America
August 1, 2010   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

Politics as partisan warfare: that is our world. Over the last generation, American democracy has had one defining attribute: extreme partisan polarization. We have not seen ...

Better Parties, Better Government: A Realistic Program for Campaign Finance Reform
April 1, 2009   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

his book does three things. First, it surveys the path of campaign finance regulations since 1971, concluding that the vast majority of provisions - ...

State Campaign Finance Reform, Competitiveness, and Party Advantage in Gubernatorial Elections
April 1, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  , , ,

Electoral competition is thought to be the cornerstone of democratic rule, yet many policymakers, scholars, and concerned citizens perceive the existence of a competitiveness crisis in ...

Much More of the Same: Television Advertising Pre- and Post-BCRA
January 1, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), television advertising was the main way candidates for office communicated with voters. Before the passage of ...

This Is Reform? Predicting the Impact of the New Campaign Financing Regulations
November 20, 2002   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

McCain-style campaign finance regulation is the new campaign reality. But what exactly will this reformist utopia look like? Assessing the “reformed” campaign of the future against the stated ...

PACs and Parties
October 1, 2000   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

The relationships between political action committees and political parties are at once symbiotic and parasitic. Both parties work hard to cultivate PACs and secure their money, ...

Why Congress Can’t Ban Soft Money
July 1, 1997   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Eliminating political party “soft money” and regulating similar spending by groups other than political parties are central features of many proposals that would reform campaign financing. ...

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