Federal Election Campaign Act

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), government law forbids enterprises and unions from utilizing their general treasury trusts to make autonomous uses for discourse that is an "electioneering correspondence" or for discourse that explicitly advocates the decision or thrashing of a candidate. “An electioneering communication is any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication” that refers to a clearly identified candidate for Federal office” and is made within 30 days of a primary election,…

significant way after the US Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 that prohibited labor unions and corporations from donating to political campaigns. Labor unions, in an effort to get around the ruling, established what became known as political action committees to which their members could donate. There are three major types…

article “Six Myths about Campaign Money”, Eliza Newlin Carney argues that there are six myths regarding money’s real role in politics, each with a hint of truth. Newlin argues that it is a myth that corporate money will now overwhelm elections because neither unions nor corporations will put vast new resources into campaigns because they could spend their money on politics, through issue advertising with limited constraints, before the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which…

his death sentence on his presidency. That was the day of the break-in at the watergate hotel, the home of the 1972 democratic national convention headquarters. Watergate prolifically changed the way that we as americans think and how we as americans act through politics. Without Watergate who knows what our current political system would be like? Most think what we currently have is a very corrupt system, but without Watergate and its following regulations the system would most definitely be…

both sides of the issue. Those Who want to eliminate money in politics by implementing campaign finance reform argue that wealthy donors and corporations hold too much power in elections and as a result they can corrupt campaigns. Those who favor less regulation say that campaign donations are a form of free speech, so it’s protected by the first amendment. However, the only groups that are really against campaign finance reform are the rich and the corporations. Most of the common people are…

Young nation implement it experiment of a republic that created political parties to engage people's’ ideals into the government. Election of 1800 considered an important event that impacted American Politics instead of a revolution. However, tensions between political parties and federal courts rulings during this period set precedent for later generations. Therefore election of 1800 demonstrate the start of a revolution named “Revolution of 1800.” America consist of two political parties…

a presidential election? Throughout the course of history, campaigning has been an important and effective way to gain support for a candidate during elections. However, questions have been raised about whether or not spending more leads to more success. In different scenarios financial backing can be more or less important to the popularity of a candidate, but overall it is not the only factor that influences the votes that the candidate receives in primaries as well as on election day. Money…

“I Am Not a Crook” Political leaders of the United States were once idolized. However, the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and the Vietnam War made the public wary of their government’s internal motives. In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, who were linked to President Richard M. Nixon. The public’s opinion of a corrupt government was solidified. Politics and journalism changed forever. The Watergate Scandal led to government reform,…

presidential campaigns of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and modern day hopefuls, some tactics and strategies have changed, while other aspects are surprisingly quite similar. One difference is America's first three presidents did not personally campaign, rather political party newspapers, their media of the day, did both the debating of the issues and "mercilessly criticized their respective opposing candidates" on their behalf ("Thomas Jefferson: Campaigns and…

Minnesota’s midterm election was held on November 4, 2014, the two candidates were Senator Al Franken running for reelection against wealthy businessman Mike McFadden. In the 2008 election, Al Franken won by very slim votes when competed with Norm Coleman. This year, he faced with another candidate that challenges his political career. Since the early April there were TV commercials on promoting each of the candidate’s side to better service the residents of Minnesota. On the date of November 4,…