Gallup Has a Very Interesting Poll on American Attitudes about Corruption

These numbers are of more than academic interest, given that the "appearance of corruption" can serve to justify certain campaign finance laws. There's been some interesting empirical work looking at the connection between campaign finance laws and public confidence in the election process, including this piece by Persily and Lammie and this piece by Primo and Milyo. (I talk a bit about the evidentiary standard related to "the appearance of corruption" here.)

Posted by Rick Hasen at May 8, 2006 08:23 AM