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.
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@9L3PV691yr1Y
people should not be limited. corporations should. people are citizens with constitutional (first amendment) rights. corporations are not.
I don't have enough knowledge on this to care.
@9D8V3VM2yrs2Y
The ability to support a candidate, financially, or otherwise, is a difficult question because of the question of bribery and influence peddling The ability to support a candidate, financially, or otherwise, is a difficult question because of the question of bribery and influence peddling
Yes, and governments should hold publicly funded and managed debates and public information distribution to support intelligence informed elections.
@B27RBT75mos5MO
Citizens United should be overturned. Elections should be publicly funded. But yes, politicians shouldn't be bought by wealthy donors.
@9JLJF2D1yr1Y
Yes. Donations should be severely curtailed and all donors should be citizens (natural-born or naturalized) and should be natural persons (no corporations or PACs should be allowed to donate in any fashion)
@9CDGDNX2yrs2Y
no, but make people who have more than .25% of GDP as net worth give the rest to the government
@96HT8N43yrs3Y
Abolish the Electoral System.
@93CP2FRLibertarian3yrs3Y
YES, and all donations should be public knowledge. Politicians should become politicians because they want to help their communities and their country, not to make money by being sponsored or bought.
@92FVR8W3yrs3Y
We already have a limit.
@8ZRK6YT3yrs3Y
It doesn't make any difference. The United States is not a Democratic Republic but a dictatorship.
@8Z3H2HR3yrs3Y
Personally, I think candidates should not have to ask the public for funding or donations. Candidates should be prepared with their own money.
@8XGPSQWWomen’s Equality4yrs4Y
I want the government to stop taking our money!
@8VRC8274yrs4Y
Yes, It's more or less bribery
ban all pac money or political action committees or any synomis committies.
@8TB5WBZ4yrs4Y
Make it affordable to run for office to the point donations shouldn’t be needed.
@8QZP68R4yrs4Y
I do not believe billionaries have the right to buy elections.
@8Q9Y3LJ4yrs4Y
No, donors have the right to give as much money as they want.
@8PJFKBT4yrs4Y
Death penalty for all politicians
@8MRXKQX5yrs5Y
As long as they don't exceed 500,000$.
@8LMJ7HYLibertarian5yrs5Y
Yes and this should include disclosure of all Super Pac donations and the Super Pacs should have to disclose full information.
@8J62LTG5yrs5Y
Political Donations should be required to be spent in the community instead of on advertising. Advertising should consist of debates, Town Halls, and news coverage.
@8D9CKRL5yrs5Y
Every citizen should have a government-allocated amount to donate to candidates for better representation
@8CMNVV25yrs5Y
@9BK5ZGL2yrs2Y
No, don't put a limit on the amount able to be received but, only allow candidates to spend "x" amount per election season.
@99VHTT52yrs2Y
No but it shouldnt give you an advantage in winning
@99GX56MRepublican2yrs2Y
Ban small donors from politics. There should be a minimum limit, not a maximum limit to donating.
ban poltiical donations, and isnittue a patriot card for everyone, to publcily fund elections.
@93LH6GZ3yrs3Y
No, an individual citizen should be allowed to donate but Super PACs should be banned.
Yes to Corporations and No to Voters
@8HKWGB55yrs5Y
I am unsure about this question
@8FRXJGN5yrs5Y
No, but ban political donations from non-US citizen people and entities
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