Category Archives: campaigns
Madeline Brand Talks to Larry Lessig About Election Reform, His Campaign
Listen to KCRW’s Press Play.
“The Gender Gap in Political Giving”
NYT’s The UpShot:
More women vote than men, and it has been true for decades. But women lag way behind men in another measure of political participation. Only about 30 percent of big donors to campaigns are women, which, in… Continue reading
“Would bill allow retiring politicians to use campaign funds on cars, homes?”
The latest from Wisconsin on the double whammy to kill the GAB and eviscerate the state’s campaign finance laws.
“Filing Deadlines Add to Pressure on Joe Biden”
“Sidelined by Democrats, Larry Lessig considers running against them”
Wapo:
“Trump said he would stay in the party, and refuse to run as an independent, as long as the Republicans treated him fairly,” said Lessig. “I’m beginning to have a sense of what he was talking about. If… Continue reading
“Koch Political Network Takes A Deep Dive Into Community Organizing”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“BuzzFeed launches native video political advertising”
This does not seem to be a salutary development.
“Nonprofit Masks Source of Ads Backing Rubio”
NYT:
But as the fall campaign unfolds, voters in states like New Hampshire and Iowa have been left largely in the dark about who is putting the most money behind Mr. Rubio. Of all the television advertisements aired in… Continue reading
“Local TV Stations Booming From Super-PAC Windfall”
“Everything you need to know about the 2016 money race so far”
Matea Gold for WaPo.
The initial batch of fundraising reports point to a continuation of the trend that emerged in the spring quarter, when the Democratic candidates raised more money directly for their campaigns, while nearly 80 percent of… Continue reading
The Latest Jeb! Slipup
Ken Vogel:
Telling slip-up here from @JebBush highlights ineffectiveness of super PAC coordination ban. http://iowapublicradio.org/post/bush-weighs-guns-agricultural-subsidies-and-education#stream/0 …
“Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race”
NYT has the list, which includes 10 corporations and other non-human entities.
Just as billionaires have become much less reluctant to spend their personal fortunes in campaigns, corporations are becoming more comfortable with becoming super pac donors.
“How Dodd-Frank Hurts Governors in the Money Primary”
Gary Sernovitz in the New Yorker.
His suggestion in the final paragraph that reversing Citizens United would fix things is wrong. It would take a reversal of SpeechNow etc.