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Rolling in the Dough: The Continued Surge in Individual Contributions to Presidential Candidates and Party Committees

Rolling in the Dough: The Continued Surge in Individual Contributions to Presidential Candidates... The dramatic growth in the numbers of individuals contributing to presidential candidates and the surge in total amounts being contributed has generated substantial media attention in the 2008 presidential election. Individuals are giving more, in part, because the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) raised contribution limits and encouraged "max-out" donors to contribute to party committees as well. This study compares individual contributions to presidential candidates and party committees in 1999, the year prior to the last pre-BCRA presidential election, and in the years prior to post-BCRA presidential elections. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Forum de Gruyter

Rolling in the Dough: The Continued Surge in Individual Contributions to Presidential Candidates and Party Committees

The Forum , Volume 6 (1): 1 – Apr 3, 2008

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
ISSN
1540-8884
eISSN
1540-8884
DOI
10.2202/1540-8884.1234
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Abstract

The dramatic growth in the numbers of individuals contributing to presidential candidates and the surge in total amounts being contributed has generated substantial media attention in the 2008 presidential election. Individuals are giving more, in part, because the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) raised contribution limits and encouraged "max-out" donors to contribute to party committees as well. This study compares individual contributions to presidential candidates and party committees in 1999, the year prior to the last pre-BCRA presidential election, and in the years prior to post-BCRA presidential elections.

Journal

The Forumde Gruyter

Published: Apr 3, 2008

Keywords: BCRA; fundraising; individual contributions; party contributions; candidate contributions

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