POLS 1101 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I. Vote DeclineII. How do you decide whom to vote for?III. Primary ElectionsIV. Electoral CollegeOutline of Current Lecture I. Campaign FinancingA. Soft MoneyB. PACsII. Advertisements Current Lecture:I. Campaign Financing The state controls all aspects of elections such as registration.Campaigns have to finance their campaigns. There is a $1000 limit from individuals to a presidential candidate. “Soft Money” is an unlimited amount of money for political parties.Hard Money is federal funds.Soft money avoids legal limitations because it does not go to a particular candidate, but rather an entire political party.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) has several provisions designed to end the use of soft money. It includes:- Prohibits national parties from raising or spending nonfederal funds- Requires state, district, and local party committees to fund certain “federal election activities” with federal money or sometimes with money raised according to new limitations, or a combination of both- Limits fundraising by federal and nonfederal candidates and officeholders on behalf of party committees, candidates, and nonprofit organizations.Super PACs (Political Action Committees) may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations,unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to advocate for or against political candidates. They also must report their donors to the Federal Election Commission on amonthly or quarterly basis. Super PACs are prohibited from donating money directly to political candidates.Disclosure is the process of disclosing or telling your who your donors are, and this means that both have unlimited moneyNo disclosure means “dark money”, which means that the funds used to pay for an election campaign were not disclosed to viewers prior to the voting.Money generally gives more speech and more freedom.Are corporations people, however?Corporate money, secret money, unlimited contributions from individuals=Watergate and present dayA normal PAC is an organization that collects campaign contributions from members and donates them to candidates for political office II. AdvertisementsCampaigns advertise in many ways in order to get their message out and try to draw in voters.They advertise on TV, the radio, newspapers, etc.There are positive and negative ads, many ads on TV cut down their opponent.Speech requires more money.David Purdue vs. Michelle Nunn, back and forth commercials to prove the other
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