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+# Campaign Finance
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+## Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
+tightened reporting requirements and put limits on candidates' expenditures. After key race between Nixon and McGovern with $91 mill
+## Federal Election Commission
+monitor and enforce regulations of the election process. Also sets standards for an election. a PAC must have 50 members, donate to 5 candidates, and register with FEC 6 months before election
+## Key Provisions of the 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act
+* Limited individual contributions to $1000 per election
+* Limited a candidate's own contributions to $50,000 per election
+* Definition and Regulation of donations of PACs
+* Created public fund to assist viable presidential cadidates
+## Hard Money
+donation given directly. therefore can be traced and regulated
+## Soft Money
+donation to party or interest group. therefore not as easily tracked and obscures the actual finances. Allows for massive spending
+## Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
+in 2002. banned soft money contributions to national parties. but increased most other amounts in order to accomodate the changes
+## Required Court Case: Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
+Did the BCRA violate first ammendment? Yes
+
+spending money from a pac is not a quid pro quo 
+
+## Impact of Citizens United
+Debates of free speech and elections heavily increased. 
+usage of money in elections balooned
+## Dark Money
+money that does not have any transperancy and is virtually unlimited 
+## Think as a Political Scientist
+### Read the excerpt from James Madison's Federalist No. 10, and explain how it could be used as a justification for the concerns about PACs nad campaign finance.
+having a group who is fundraising for canidates would protentially give that group control of the government which would represent them instead of the citizens of the republic
+
+## Connected PACs
+Coorperations, labor unions and trade orgs working together for canidiates. But money must come from donations from the members and not from the company's treasures
+
+## Nonconnected PACs
+no sponsoring organizations and are around a single issue. take donations from the general public. 
+
+## Leadership PACs
+type of non-connected PAC. created by current or former elected official . BUT cant be used for their own campaign's fundraising
+
+## Super PACs
+most recent PAC. Opened for larg pacs and unlimited donations
+
+## Essential Question: How does the organization, finance, and strategies of national political campaigns affect the election process
+
+1. Factors in Campaign Finance
+* unlimited because free speech
+* regulations on usage and conflicts of interst
+
+2. Influence of Factors
+* spending money on campaings in order get advertising which would support the 
+