Category Archives: campaign finance
“Memo Reveals Clinton Foundation Donor’s $100 Million Registration, Turnout Push”
Washington Free Beacon:
Swiss billionaire and seven-figure Clinton Foundation donor is pouring millions of dollars into a nonprofit voter registration and turnout operation and appears to have shared information about the project with the Democratic Party, a leaked document… Continue reading
“Trump campaign says it raised an astounding $2 million in 12 hours”
WaPo:
Raising such a huge sum in a short amount of time — through an email list that had never before been tapped for contributions — would make Trump’s pitch for donations one of the most successful in American politics,… Continue reading
Kentucky Ethics Commision OKs GoFundMe Crowdsourcing for Fundraising
“Campaign Finance Report: Trump Does A Lot Of Mixing Business With Politics”
“Why ‘Made in America’ May Not Mean What You Think”
“New Super-PAC Launches for Donors Who Won’t Back Trump But Loathe Clinton”
“Get Ready: The Next ‘Citizens United’ Is Coming”
Carrie Levine of CPI writes for Politico magazine.
Earlier I wrote this Atlantic piece about the soft money case.
“Could Lack of Money Be Trump’s Downfall?”
I have written this piece for CNN. It begins:
2016 was supposed to be the presidential election where big money didn’t matter.
After all, the shock-and-awe campaign of Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, with its nine-figure budget, was far less… Continue reading
It’s Even Worse Than It Looks (Trump’s Fundraising, That Is)
NYT:
Even the stark disparity in cash on hand may understate the desperate straits in which Mr. Trump finds himself. His fund-raising, led largely by the Republican National Committee, has slowed. He canceled a fund-raiser with 90 people in Boston… Continue reading
June 23 Forum on Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence at the FEC
Announcement via email:
Join Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub of the Federal Election Commission as she brings together some of the nation’s top scholars, public-interest professionals, and attorneys to discuss some of the hottest issues in campaign finance surrounding corporate political… Continue reading
Will Trump Abandon RNC?
I am skeptical he could come close to self-funding his campaign. Hard to figure out the strategy here, if there is one.
“The End of the Great Compromise”
John Samples responds to Derek Muller’s essay on campaign finance.
“Donald Trump Vows to Match Up to $2 Million in Donations”
WSJ:
Tuesday’s fundraising email suggests Mr. Trump is unnerved by the substantial financial lead Mrs. Clinton holds over him. But donating up to $2 million next month to his campaign would not be a real departure for Mr. Trump,… Continue reading