Sunday, February 1, 2015

Michael Hiltzik — Five Years After Citizens United Ruling, Big Money Reigns

A new study by the public policy think tank Demos and the public interest group U.S. PIRG calculates that U.S. Senate candidates will have to raise an average $3,300 every day for six years to match the campaign chests of the median 2014 winner. As an unsuccessful challenger for a New York congressional seat told the authors, "You find out very quickly that this is not about who has the best ideas; this is about who has the most money."
Demos
Five Years After Citizens United Ruling, Big Money Reigns
Michael Hiltzik | Los Angeles Times

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