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Is a contest for votes before an election?
Certainly. Candidates for president now, often start campaigning more than a year before the election, raising money and setting up an organization to try to win the primaries and get the nomination.
What did congress require of corporations when it began to regulate national campaign contributions in 1907?
corporations could no longer contribute money to candidates for national office,, novanet
Does it cost money to become a US senator?
Yes, for campaigning
How much money did obama spend campaigning?
Enough.
What is money that is given to political to support their candidates?
"Hard money" is money that is given to political parties in support of candidates.
What are the advantges of the electoral college?
The electoral college simplifies the election map for presidential candidates. The candidates need only look at the electoral value of each state instead of the states' actual populations. With the laws in most states a candidate does not have to win overwhelmingly in the state's population to get all of that state's votes, but only a majority. This means that states where the candidate polls well ahead or hopelessly behind can be ignored scene those electoral votes are secured and impossible to get. This means that the candidates can concentrate most of their money and campaigning in what are known as battleground states. These states are states where candidates are polling about even and can those swing the election by campaigning there. Of the 50 states (plus DC) there are only about 18 battleground states, and of those states only 4 of them get more than 50% of the candidates attention and money. So the advantage is that presidential candidates only have to concentrate their effort in a few key states and can ignore most of the rest of the country.
How do candidates get their money to run?
That depends on the election. Candidates for local offices often finance their campaigns out their own pockets. Candidates for state and national offices rely on donations. Office-holders usually have money stashed away from past campaigns. Politicians seeking their first office often use a substantial amount of their own money. State and national party organization solicit money all the time and contribute to the campaigns of their nominees. The federal government makes funding available for the presidential election campaigns.
What is the most important function of the national party chair?
Arguably, the most important function of a national party chair is to raise money. They also have a hand in finding electable candidates.
What is money that is given to political parties to support candidates?
"Hard money" is money that is given to political parties in support of candidates.
What was the purpose of the Federal Election Campaign Finance Act of 1971?
to limit the amount of money PACs may contribute to candidates for national office.
What is individualization of campaigning?
· Once, political parties played a major role in the developing, financing and directing of political campaigns. And at the state and local levels still do some today. However, political campaigning today has become more focused on the candidate than the party. · Today, especially at the national level, candidates raise tens of millions of dollars (hundreds of millions on the Presidential level) for their campaign, sometimes before they ever officially declare themselves to be candidates. This front loading of campaign finance money weakens the need for party contributions to conduct a successful campaign. · Gone are the days of the political machines when voters could be persuaded to vote for a slates of party candidates based on what the party would do for them. Today, it is candidate centered campaigning, which asks the voter to vote for the candidate because of what he/she can do for the voter, not what the party can do. Primary elections, pitting candidates from the same political party against one another, helps fuel this individualists approach.
Despite the demise of the urban party machines of the late 19th and early 20th centuries state and local party organizations still play an important role in national elections because?
Answer this question… they often receive large amounts of "soft money" from the national party organization to promote national candidates in addition to their own state and local candidates.
