How Campaign Finance Reform Contributed to Polarization
Posted on AllSides March 3rd, 2016
From The Left
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One of the more compelling arguments for campaign finance reform has long been that it would undermine partisanship. After all, a great deal of money goes to political parties. Cut off the money to them, and you undermine their influence over candidates and elected officials, right?
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