Category Archives: campaigns
Get Ready for the End to Self-Funding Trump (and the Loss of His Too-Rich-to-Be-Bought Message)
Greg Sargent:
This means Trump will be facing some tough dilemmas very, very soon. The question isn’t just whether Trump himself will take contributions (which, as Manafort says above, hasn’t been decided yet). Another question is whether Trump will… Continue reading
“Paul Manafort: Trump Hasn’t Ruled Out Taking Money From Big Donors In The General”
“Wary of Trump Effect, Republicans Hope for Split Tickets”
“Hispanic voter registration spikes”
The Hill:
Registration among Hispanic voters is skyrocketing in a presidential election cycle dominated byDonald Trump and loud GOP cries to close the border.
Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials, projects 13.1… Continue reading
“Billionaire Environmentalist to Spend $25 Million to Turn Out Young Voters”
NYT:
The billionaire environmentalist Thomas F. Steyer and his political advocacy group, NextGen Climate, will spend at least $25 million on a get-out-the-vote campaign targeting young voters this year in seven mostly battleground states, the group announced on Monday.… Continue reading
“Selfies in the Voting Booth? Snapchat Fights for the Right.”
“States seek to stop voters from posting ballot selfies”
David Hudson writes for the ABA Journal.
“Money Trouble; What does Bernie’s attitude toward campaign finance mean for Hillary?”
Amy Davidson for The New Yorker.
“Sanders calls Clinton’s fundraising ‘obscene,’ but it’s more nuanced — influence isn’t corruption”
I have written this oped for the LA Times. it begins:
Despite Bernie Sanders‘ repeated accusations, there’s no real evidence that Hillary Clinton has been corrupted by large campaign contributions. But that’s not to say donors haven’t influenced… Continue reading
“Are Members of Congress Becoming Telemarketers?”
“The desperate scramble for Bernie’s secret weapon”
Politico:
Bernie Sanders shows no sign of dropping out of the presidential race anytime soon, but the vultures are already circling over his email list — perhaps the most coveted and valuable catalog of potential voters and donors in… Continue reading
“Campaign’s Populist Tone Rankles America’s CEOs”
WSJ:
Chief executives at big American companies are increasingly frustrated by the populist tone of the presidential campaign, and concerns are mounting in boardrooms and corner offices that antibusiness rhetoric may solidify even after the November election.
Some business groups… Continue reading
“Md. congressional primary features largest self-funder ever”
AP:
A Maryland congressional primary contender has broken the record for what a self-funded House candidate has poured into a single campaign, as wine superstore owner David Trone has uncorked more than $12 million of his own amid a… Continue reading