In the U.S. a citizen may give $2,700 per election to a federal candidate, $5,000 per year to a PAC, $10,000 per year to a State or local party committee and $33,400 per year to a national party. Citizens and corporations may give unlimited amounts to a Super PAC. A Super PAC is freed from traditional campaign finance laws as long as it does not fund a candidate or campaign or coordinate directly with a campaign how to spend donations.
@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors
@9FBDR3F1yr1Y
In a lot of elections, there have been cans of worms opened about who is donating to who. For example, Trump called Hilary Clinton out about her being a hypocrite to the tax cut policy when he claimed that "you'd be cutting all your donors off." Or something along the lines of that.
@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections
@9C4MSQH1yr1Y
Greedy CEOs and ruling class people including Deep State and Zionist operatives have hijacked elections since Day 1 and use donations to buy out politicians and make them swear allegiance to the Deep State and the Zionist Lobby instead of the people.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, this is a violation of free speech
This inherently values some (the rich donors) speech more than it does others. If expression of free speech depends on monetary assets, it is not speech at all.
@9FBDR3F1yr1Y
You are funding way too much money to the candidate, politicians shouldn't be pressured to impress there primary donors.
@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge
@9MYMGYN5mos5MO
There should be no limits on individual donations not made through a PAC or public funds, but there should be a limit on PAC/corporate donations
@5DVLBZW4yrs4Y
All current regulations hurt all alternatives to the Democratic and Republican Party candidates. The limits the D/R politicians impose on themselves are routinely violated by them, in fact; but are vigorously enforced against people like me. You really should look into this yourself.
@9L3PV697mos7MO
people should not be limited. corporations should. people are citizens with constitutional (first amendment) rights. corporations are not.
@9K5MYMGIndependent8mos8MO
Yes, but make it so all donations are completely anonymous to everyone even the person receiving the donation so the money cannot influence someone in the government's decision making.
Yes, and any pay-to-play candidates should be disqualified and any pay-to-play donors fined or jailed.
@9D3RPBQ1yr1Y
Donors should be only perceived by grassroots sources and sources that are entirely democratic and people oriented
@8PP96SH4yrs4Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections
@8GBN55KIndependent4yrs4Y
Elimination of corporate donations and a limitation to how much individuals may donate. Ban PAC'S.
@8FZN8PB4yrs4Y
Yes, but not receive donations from lobbyists.
@9VWZTDV2 days2D
No, but it should be public knowledge if you have donated more than 10% of what has been donated to the campaign already.
@9VW4ZK63 days3D
Yes, there should be a limit on the amount donated. No PACs, constituents only. This ensures that wealthy donors do not rig elections with $$.
@9VNPDPQ1wk1W
For local elections limit the amount. For national elections each candidate given a set amount of money and they can not use more and a limited campaign time.
@9RS2B4JIndependent3mos3MO
Yes, and PACs along with super PACS should be listed as breakdowns of every organization who funds them on politician donation lists
@9RRVDSG3mos3MO
No, but make it so all donations are completely anonymous to everyone even the person receiving the donation so the money cannot influence someone in the government's decision making.
@9RNKDWY3mos3MO
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors OR corporate elites; the cap should be 200,000 monthly.
@9RLT8QL3mos3MO
Wealthy and powerful individuals should not be allowed to fund a campaign for a candidate, and especially not if they are foreigners or have ties to a foreign adversary.
@9RLQ6YZProgressive3mos3MO
Yes, all donations should be banned and elections should be publicly funded with an equal spending cap for each candidate
@9RLNRZ43mos3MO
Yes, and ban most political donations and make every donation fully public. Also integrate a basic public funding program for every politician in need.
@9RKYHBS3mos3MO
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge, none are collectively from any type of business, and the terms of such donation are revealed, do no imply any sort of lobbying.
@9N8MT4F 3mos3MO
Yes, and it is the government's responsibility to set limits on this issue. Politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors.
@9QZCXQ23mos3MO
NGO PACs, not corporations, are buying elections. “Wealthy donors” is typically labeled as corporations and this is not true.
@9QYP3MB3mos3MO
Yes, but a representative system is flawed at a core level, and should be abolished in favor of a direct democratic system.
Ideally yes, but loopholes and superpacs are a natural reaction to this. Close existing loopholes before changing anything.
@9QWCW8P3mos3MO
Yes, each candidate should prove they can budget by working with the exact same amount of money to campaign
@9QW6W8VIndependent3mos3MO
Yes, each candidate should have the same amount of money, any donations over that amount should go to the political party to be used on elections throughout the country.
@CurvyletterConstitution 4mos4MO
Yes, limits level the playing field, reduce the risk or appearance of corruption, and prevent the distortion of democratic processes by moneyed interests while protecting free speech
@9PYHTRXLibertarian4mos4MO
No, but only if we repeal the 17th amendment that way only Congress can be bought, instead of both the Senate and Congress.
@9PR9TZR4mos4MO
No, as long as all donations and all parties involved are disclosed in the public knowledge. Disclosed in a manner enough for a 8 or 5 year old to make sense of and are not ambiguous.
@9P3JCM74mos4MO
Capitalism in all forms should be abolished and removed from politics, which should be held at the local level.
@9P2KZ684mos4MO
No, but there should not be any sort of donation from an international foundation, foreign donor, or foreign interest.
@9NZKR674mos4MO
Yes, but specifically they should not be bought by wealthy donors, but the wealth should have a limit they are allowed to donate, and it should be public knowledge
@9J759WY9mos9MO
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors. Moreover, all donations should be mandated to be anonymous.
@9J65GLB9mos9MO
Yes, and also publicly fund elections to supplement but not entirely ban individuals from donating up to a set monetary threshold.
@9CNWMJTIndependent 9mos9MO
If it is corporations and unions, then they should not donate at all since such entities are not individuals. I believe there should be a limit on the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor to prevent billionaires and millionaires from buying politicians to govern as THEY see fit, not as the candidate sees fit.
@9J24H3WLibertarian 9mos9MO
No but donations should be placed anonymously and dispersed evenly to avoid the persuasion of votes by politicians
@9HZ8SG79mos9MO
All high office election should be limited to a publicly funded amount to ensure equal opportunities
@9HZ8DMDPeace and Freedom9mos9MO
i feel that if it’s over a certain amount that it must go to funding for health care or something else to help others
@9HRGMNT10mos10MO
Yes, and every candidate that meets an endorsement quota should have free and equal publicity time (debates, ads, news coverage)
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