What Are The Pros And Cons Of Superpacs

Rough Draft- Super-PACs: How the Riches’ Votes Matter More than Everyone Else’s America prides itself in having equality of opinion, however some opinions are valued more than others. This irony is due to the presence of super-PACs in recent American elections. These super-PACs are organizations that allow the wealthy to have a louder voice over the many by flooding the airwaves with propaganda and by donating to politicians to buy favors from them. The presence of Super-PACs in the 2016 elections have resulted in candidates ignoring their constituents and increasing partisanship due to money from super-PACs that go to negative advertising and persuading politicians to favor those who donate to their campaign rather than their constituents. The …show more content…
This is a weak argument as proponents of this belief still have to concede that super-PACs do increase partisanship due to their negative advertisements and give candidates with super-PACs an advantage over candidates who do not. This is especially true in state elections where candidates do not have the exposure that the national stage gives. In state races, super-PACs are everything. Super-PACs are able to give those who are not incumbents the publicity and outreach they need to wage a successful campaign. To say super-PACs do not affect presidential elections is also incorrect as all Republican candidates have super-PACs so it comes down to whose message resonates more with the American people. On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton has a super-PAC and Bernie Sanders does not. Had Bernie Sanders not had the amount of small donors his message would be washed away by the tide of large money advertisements from the pro-Clinton super-PACs. Super-PACs still result in candidates ignoring their constituencies and increased