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Campaign Funding and Political Action Committees: Understanding the Influence of Money in Elections

This chapter explores the role of money in election campaigns, focusing on campaign funding sources and the impact of Political Action Committees (PACs). It also examines key campaign finance laws in U.S. history and highlights the significance of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

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Campaign Funding and Political Action Committees: Understanding the Influence of Money in Elections

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  1. Section 2 Campaign Funding and Political Action Committees Chapter 12: Understanding Elections

  2. Campaign Funding and Political Action Committees Reading Focus Money plays a major role in election campaigns. Candidates and their staff must carefully decide where the campaign will get money and how it will use this money.

  3. Campaign Funding and Political Action Committees • Focus Questions • What happened to Jim Traficant? • What happened to Tom Delay? • Where does campaign money come from? • What has been major the campaign finance laws in U.S. history? • What are PACs and what do they do? • What are 527 groups and what do they do? • What is important about the Citizen United supreme court decision?

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