Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control write by Eric S. Heberlig. This book was released on 2012-03-21. Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fundraising for the party has rapidly replaced more traditional criteria for advancement and other rewards in Congress
Money In the House
Money In the House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Money In the House write by Marian Currinder. This book was released on 2018-05-04. Money In the House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Money in the House provides a compelling look at how the drive to raise campaign money has come to dominate congressional party politics. Author Marian Currinder examines the rise of member-to-member and member-to-party giving as part of a broader process that encourages ambitious House members to compete for power by raising money for the party and its candidates. As the margin between parties in the House has narrowed, the political environment has become fiercely competitive. Because electoral success is largely equated with fundraising success, the party that raises the most money is at a distinct advantage. In addition to relying on outside interests and individuals for campaign contributions, the congressional parties increasingly call on their own members to give for the good of the whole. As a result, lawmakers must devote ever-increasing amounts of time to fundraising. The fundraising expectations for members who wish to advance in the chamber are even higher. By requiring their members to raise and redistribute tremendous amounts of money in order to gain power in the chamber, the parties benefit from their members' ambitious pursuits. Currinder argues that the new 'rule of money' is fundamentally altering the way House members pursue power and the way congressional parties define and reward loyalty.
Financing the 2016 Election
Financing the 2016 Election - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Financing the 2016 Election write by David B. Magleby. This book was released on 2019-04-30. Financing the 2016 Election available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Money and politics in an election that broke the mold Beginning with the 1960 election, readers could turn to one book for an authoritative and comprehensive examination of campaign finance at the federal level. Now, the latest in this respected series, Financing the 2016 Election, explores the role of money in one of the most unconventional elections in modern American history. A team of leading scholars has dug into the roles played by political parties and special interest groups (including their “Super PACS”) in the presidential and congressional elections of 2016. David Magleby and his team of experts examined Federal Elections Commission reports and interviewed dozens of key participants, including representatives of virtually all the major interest groups active in the 2016 election cycle. They place that election in the context of how U.S. elections have been financed during recent decades—a context that illustrates how dramatically different campaign finance is today from the past. Among the most important changes has been the growth of so-called Super PACS, which have become increasingly important both in the financing they provide candidates and in their ability to act independently, both for and against candidates. Overall, Super PACS doubled their spending in 2016 from four years earlier. Taking a comprehensive approach, this book helps readers understand how the financing of elections—including the increasing reliance by candidates on outside special interest groups—ultimately affects politics and public policy.
Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives
Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives write by Scott Meinke. This book was released on 2019-02-06. Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recent Congresses, roughly half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives served in whip organizations and on party committees. According to Scott R. Meinke, rising electoral competition and polarization over the past 40 years have altered the nature of party participation. In the 1970s and 1980s, the participation of a wide range of members was crucial to building consensus. Since then, organizations responsible for coordination in the party have become dominated by those who follow the party line. At the same time, key leaders in the House use participatory organizations less as forums for internal deliberations over policy and strategy than as channels for exchanging information with supporters outside Congress, and broadcasting sharply partisan campaign messages to the public.
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization
Campaign Finance and Political Polarization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Campaign Finance and Political Polarization write by Raymond J. La Raja. This book was released on 2015-10-06. Campaign Finance and Political Polarization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Efforts to reform the U.S. campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms aimed at cutting the flow of money into politics have unintentionally favored candidates with extreme ideological agendas and, consequently, fostered political polarization. Drawing on data from 50 states and the U.S. Congress over 20 years, La Raja and Schaffner reveal that current rules allow wealthy ideological groups and donors to dominate the financing of political campaigns. In order to attract funding, candidates take uncompromising positions on key issues and, if elected, take their partisan views into the legislature. As a remedy, the authors propose that additional campaign money be channeled through party organizations—rather than directly to candidates—because these organizations tend to be less ideological than the activists who now provide the lion’s share of money to political candidates. Shifting campaign finance to parties would ease polarization by reducing the influence of “purist” donors with their rigid policy stances. La Raja and Schaffner conclude the book with policy recommendations for campaign finance in the United States. They are among the few non-libertarians who argue that less regulation, particularly for political parties, may in fact improve the democratic process.
