Campaign Financing

Supporting a candidate with money and volunteers is often the agenda of a —

• WTA

• NTE

• PAC

• SAAD

Political Action Committees (PACs) have become more influential in recent campaigns because they ________..

• limit the number of candidates seeking elected office

• help pay the high costs of campaigns

• provide candidates for public office

• limit opportunities for people to run for office

Running for political office is ________________

• expensive

• moderate

• easy

• cheap

Campaign finance reform has led to legislation that ______

• Limits the number of candidates

• Allows unlimited funding

• Promotes free advertising

• Limits individual contributions

Deals with regulation of campaign financing by organizations Overturned part of McCain-Feingold

• Citizens United v. FEC

• Emily's List v. FEC

• Free Speech v. FEC

Buckley v. Valeo struck down what part of the FECA?

• limits on campaign contibutions
• limits on how much candidate can spend of own money
• required disclosure of donors
• creation of the FEC

What precedent was established in Buckley v. Valeo?

• Donations to campaigns are protected by 1st amendment
• Campaign spending can be unlimited
• PACs can use dark money
• Corporations are people

Which is true about the effect of the Buckley v. Valeo ruling?

• Led to rise of SuperPACs
• Led to increase use of soft money
• Ended express advocacy ads
• Led to decrease in campaign spending

Which is NOT true of the BCRA / McCain-Feingold Act?

• banned soft money
• banned issue ads 30 days before primaries
• decreased individual contributions
• Created Stand by your Ad rules

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. What type of campaign contributions were eliminated under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)?

• "hard" money contributions
• "soft" money contributions
• "corrupt" money contributions
• "corporate" money contributions