The Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates

by Clyde Wilcox, Paul S. Herrnson, John C. Green, et al.

Book Overview

Individual donors play a critical role in financing congressional elections, accounting for more than half of all money raised in House campaigns. But significant donors (defined here as those contributing more than $200) are the least understood participants in the system. Defenders assert that contributing money to campaigns is part of a broader pattern of civic involvement and is free speech that gives a voice to various interests. Detractors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231116195
• ISBN13: 9780231116190
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher