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Campaigns

Campaigns. Campaign Organization Reaching Voters: Campaigns and Media Negative Campaigning Campaign Financing. Campaign Ads/Media. l ivingroomcandidate.com playlist Username: darbymorrisroe Password: govt 290 Spin Room Video. Total Federal Campaign Costs. Campaign Spending.

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Campaigns

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  1. Campaigns • Campaign Organization • Reaching Voters: Campaigns and Media • Negative Campaigning • Campaign Financing

  2. Campaign Ads/Media livingroomcandidate.com playlist Username: darbymorrisroe Password: govt 290 Spin Room Video

  3. Total Federal Campaign Costs

  4. Campaign Spending

  5. FECA & the BCRA • FECA • Disclosure requirements • PACS: federally mandated, regulated fundraising organizations that represent groupsand can contribute directly to campaigns • Federal Election Commission to oversee regulations • Partial public funding for presidential campaigns • Contribution limits • Problems with FECA: Soft Money (issue ads/party building) • BCRA • Limits soft money contributions to parties • Limits issue ads within 30 days of primary and 60 days of general elections • Limited amount of candidate’s own money that can be spent (overturned) • Problems with BCRA: 527 and 501(c) organizations

  6. Sources of Campaign Funding • Individuals • Parties • Political Action Committees • Member PACs • Personal Savings • Public Funds • Soft Money Groups

  7. How Do PACS Allocate Their Contributions?

  8. Areas of Debate • Should the government regulate campaign spending? • Buckley v. Valeo: Are limits on campaign expenditures consistent with the 1st Amendment? • Should we adopt a mandatory system of publically financed campaigns?

  9. Super PACS • Colbert Super PAC website • Colbert Super PAC Power Transfer • Colbert Romney Ad • Current Super PAC Ads

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