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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@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors
@9FBDR3F2yrs2Y
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
@9C4MSQH2yrs2Y
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.
@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
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.
@9FBDR3F2yrs2Y
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
@9MYMGYN12mos12MO
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
@5DVLBZW5yrs5Y
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.
@9K5MYMGIndependent1yr1Y
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.
@9L3PV691yr1Y
people should not be limited. corporations should. people are citizens with constitutional (first amendment) rights. corporations are not.
Yes, and any pay-to-play candidates should be disqualified and any pay-to-play donors fined or jailed.
@9D3RPBQ2yrs2Y
Donors should be only perceived by grassroots sources and sources that are entirely democratic and people oriented
@9B5CG66Republican2yrs2Y
No, this is a violation of free speech as long as all donations are public knowledge
@8PP96SH4yrs4Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections
@8GBN55KIndependent5yrs5Y
Elimination of corporate donations and a limitation to how much individuals may donate. Ban PAC'S.
@8FZN8PB5yrs5Y
Yes, but not receive donations from lobbyists.
@B4YJHSB2wks2W
Yes, because a large obstacle for independent political parties is that of funding. Implementation of a limit would allow more competition.
@B4SLGRG3wks3W
Yes, that limit should be $0 unless that candidate is not accepting any tax-payer funding by way of participating in publicly funded party primaries, receiving government-paid security, etc.
@B4HCNP21mo1MO
Politicians should not be able to be given money by anyone, their campaigns should be able to receive an infinite amount of money from anyone, however it should be publicly available what they spend that money on.
@B4FCJW4Republican1mo1MO
No, for the sake of democracy, the constitution, the 1st amendment(Free speech), federalism, weak government, and checks and balances.
@B4D6KHP1mo1MO
No, for the sake of democracy, freedom, federalism, weak government, checks and balances, the constitution, and the 1st amendment(Free speech).
@B4CFBTH1mo1MO
I don't think there should be an exact amount of money, because the donor is making their own decision to give their money to that candidate, but if it will be used to do harm, then it's not okay.
@B4BPKTX 1mo1MO
Yes, but only if dark money is abolished and donations fully transparent so not to circumvent the rules
@B495TW91mo1MO
Yes, and all political donations and funding from any source ought to be collected into a single account then split equivalently across the political parties concerned.
@B484DKC1mo1MO
Yes, and corporations should not be allowed to donate to politicians. Representatives should not be able to be bought by the wealthy, business interests, or foreign governments.
@B3ZYM5D2mos2MO
No, we need to protect our beloved Constitution, the republic, democracy, freedom, weak central government, federalism, checks and balances, capitalism, the 1st Amendment/Freedom of Speech and combat censorship
@B3TQX3M2mos2MO
They can get as much money as they want, as long it doesn't affect politicians in terms of being bought.
@B3QTJ8QLibertarian2mos2MO
For state and local elections, donations should be limited to the state level, no out of state donations. For federal, only donations from private citizens, no PACS.
@B3QM2V92mos2MO
I think this might make a canadate more prone to aligning with the beliefs of that person giving them money. Politics is crooked and people use their money for influence. It's expensive to campaign though so maybe funding from somewhere would help but not an individual
@B3Q5Q752mos2MO
Yes, Bribery is illegal lobbying should be too. If a candidate or a person in office is found to be bribed or given excessive amounts of money something should be done.
@ThunderRoseIndependent 2mos2MO
Yes, as donations can be used as a form of political bribery to manipulate the government to solely benefit the rich, such as CEOs and the nobility.
@B24VGZX5mos5MO
Yes, all political donations must be limited to $10,000 per year and only from U.S. citizens only as a natural person (personal checking account) no donations from any legal person(s) (companies) or super PAC's or their party will be allowed. For every 1 dollar in donations to the government will match $5 USD to cover the losses.
@9ZYC7BQ5mos5MO
They need to add a system that will allow candidate to get money from donners but it should be required to give a detailed list of where how and what the money was spent on plus if the candidate doesn't use all the money it should be immediately foffitide to a non-profit carrtiy
@9ZWZY5V5mos5MO
Yes limit donations, full visibility, and cap spending allowed for that candidate determined by office / position
There should be upper limits per donation per election cycle. All donations of any value must be recorded in a public block-chain ledger. No anonymous donations of any kind.
@9XM2PJF6mos6MO
no just as long as it is for trump if for kamalalalalallalalalalala aluakbar alalalala then deport them
@9XJND726mos6MO
there should be a limit to what you can personally give the candidate, but not limit to how much they can give to PAC’s
@9XDDM7B6mos6MO
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge with only individuals being able to donate. No business or corporate donations should ever be allowed.
@9X8DZ476mos6MO
Yes. All donations or gifts must be documented and evaluated by federal agencies. If a donation is deemed unethical, criminal, etc., of course it should be cancelled and the donator dealt with appropriately. Corruption in our society needs to be strongly addressed.
@9X5QR7D6mos6MO
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge for EACH INDIVIDUAL! PAC donations should not be protected under First amendment.
@9X2LCSW6mos6MO
If a donor is going to donate money, it should not be for a certain individual in order to make it fair for all potential candidates.
@9WXP4DZ6mos6MO
Yes, and give out democracy dollars at a rate of 70% of the previous two elections, adjusted for inflation. Any unused dollars will be returned to the federal government.
@9CCDFLZLibertarian 6mos6MO
Any Candidate's source of income should be from them and their Orthodox supporters alone. Any outside influence and institution should be disbarred from influencing a Candidates and their associates private agenda.
@9WQYBX27mos7MO
Ban all donations unless they are split equally to running people. They would only get that money once have to use it to run everything.
@9WNGZDG7mos7MO
Donations to candidates should be limited and done through the IRS on tax forms and given to the candidate the tax payer chooses. PACs should be abolished and Corporations should not be allowed to donate. Period. If the corporate officers want to donate, it's through their tax forms like everybody else, as a individual tax payer, not a corporation.
@9WKHT8V 7mos7MO
No. But serious inquiries should be pondered upon said donors and the amounts. Also ethically speaking, our country is in a state where those resources could and should be used for better purposes other than political campaigns and propaganda, or whatever else. With that being said, why would a proposed candidate be spending time and effort in that department rather than saving the money for other purposes that the donors don't get a say on but have to agree with ultimately because they are donating to the candidate they believe in and not scheming to buy for political gain for themselves. Serious investigation much be brought forward to ensure this and should be brought forward to ensure this.
@9WJLXF97mos7MO
Yes, with a lower limit, more people will need to be on board for the campaign rather than just a choices made by the most wealthy.
@9WGBGSV 7mos7MO
All campaigns should be publicly funded and each candidate should get the same amount of public funds to campaign with.
@9W9T43H7mos7MO
No, as long as they are from a single donor, not a corporation, and all donations become public knowledge
@9W9Q47R 7mos7MO
1,000 per individual a month. No more pacs and no more corporation power. The owner amd ceo of a corporation can only give 1,000 a month
@9W8DF5G7mos7MO
It depends on who the donor is (especially if it's from separate countries) as well as what the money received will be used for. In short, the money given shouldn't just be used for the president and/or a small group of people to exploit.
@9W6P89F7mos7MO
Yes, donations should only be allowed to parties. No candidate should receive direct funding from donors.
@9W4SPVJLibertarian7mos7MO
No, but all donations should go to an equal access fund that splits donations evenly between major candidates.
@9W4LQR77mos7MO
Yes. Just as one citizen can only cast one vote each per election, each citizen should have a maximum donation of $1000 in each election.
@9W4K8DY7mos7MO
no, but change laws related to lobbying to make it more difficult to donate huge quantities legally.
@9VZGG6D7mos7MO
So long as it is public information on who gave the donation, how much the donation was, and the purpose of the donation.
@9VWZTDV7mos7MO
No, but it should be public knowledge if you have donated more than 10% of what has been donated to the campaign already.
@9VW4ZK67mos7MO
Yes, there should be a limit on the amount donated. No PACs, constituents only. This ensures that wealthy donors do not rig elections with $$.
@9VNPDPQ7mos7MO
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.
@9RS2B4JIndependent9mos9MO
Yes, and PACs along with super PACS should be listed as breakdowns of every organization who funds them on politician donation lists
@9RRVDSG9mos9MO
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.
@9RNKDWY10mos10MO
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors OR corporate elites; the cap should be 200,000 monthly.
@9RLT8QL10mos10MO
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.
@9RLQ6YZProgressive10mos10MO
Yes, all donations should be banned and elections should be publicly funded with an equal spending cap for each candidate
@9RLNRZ410mos10MO
Yes, and ban most political donations and make every donation fully public. Also integrate a basic public funding program for every politician in need.
@9RKYHBS10mos10MO
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 10mos10MO
Yes, and it is the government's responsibility to set limits on this issue. Politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors.
@9QZCXQ210mos10MO
NGO PACs, not corporations, are buying elections. “Wealthy donors” is typically labeled as corporations and this is not true.
@9QYP3MB10mos10MO
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.
@9QWCW8P10mos10MO
Yes, each candidate should prove they can budget by working with the exact same amount of money to campaign
@9QW6W8VIndependent10mos10MO
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 10mos10MO
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
@9PYHTRXLibertarian10mos10MO
No, but only if we repeal the 17th amendment that way only Congress can be bought, instead of both the Senate and Congress.
@9PR9TZR11mos11MO
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.
@9P3JCM711mos11MO
Capitalism in all forms should be abolished and removed from politics, which should be held at the local level.
@9P2KZ6811mos11MO
No, but there should not be any sort of donation from an international foundation, foreign donor, or foreign interest.
@9NZKR6711mos11MO
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
@9J759WY1yr1Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors. Moreover, all donations should be mandated to be anonymous.
@9J65GLB1yr1Y
Yes, and also publicly fund elections to supplement but not entirely ban individuals from donating up to a set monetary threshold.
@MJStevens94Republican 1yr1Y
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 1yr1Y
No but donations should be placed anonymously and dispersed evenly to avoid the persuasion of votes by politicians
@9HZ8SG71yr1Y
All high office election should be limited to a publicly funded amount to ensure equal opportunities
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
@9HRGMNT1yr1Y
Yes, and every candidate that meets an endorsement quota should have free and equal publicity time (debates, ads, news coverage)
@9HR7GNT1yr1Y
Yes, make the number $0. Political campaigns are a waste of time and money. They are toxic and divisive to society.
@9HPRL7C1yr1Y
No, but all the PACs and Super PACs should be removed and donation amounts should all be public record.
@9HMCTC9Constitution1yr1Y
Yes, and we should do away with corporations and organizations and special interest donations, only allowing, private donations.
@9HLK9DX1yr1Y
Only private donations, tax deductible within limits. No corporate, union or third party donations allowed
@9HKVHBQ1yr1Y
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors and wealthy supporters can show their support in other ways
@9HJZMWN1yr1Y
Yes, and only citizens should be able to donate money, remove the employer information, and ban super packs
@9HBZSD41yr1Y
Yes, but limit how much money that Political Action Committees and Super Political Action Committees can donate for a candidate.
@9H3WN7S1yr1Y
If it’s corporate PAC money then yes absolutely. They should not receive any funding from those sources imo
@9GZR62T1yr1Y
Candidates should have the same amount of money for their campaigns regardless of their political party.
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