Don’t be fooled by what might sound, at times, like complaining about a “crazy,” “scary,” “topsy-turvy” presidential campaign taking place in a “parallel universe.” Journalists are in media nirvana.Source: A brokered convention? A third-party candidate? Welcome to the media’s nirvana....
In the run-up to their big presidential campaign moments, the big media players in Iowa and New Hampshire gave voters a useful online feature, an interactive calendar that let them track where candidates were appearing in person. Down in South Carolina, it’s different.Source: Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start...
Campaign finance law was already in tatters. But according to expert Richard L. Hasen, it'll soon get even worse While there have been two national elections since the Citizens United ruling upended campaign finance law in the U.S.Source: “More corporate money in our elections”: Believe it or not, big money is about to get even more powerful...
This post was updated at 4:50 p.m. ET to reflect revised delegate counts Bernie Sanders delivered the second-biggest rout in New Hampshire Democratic primary history last night, besting Hillary Clinton by 22 percentage points.Source: How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at Bernie Sanders’s desire to banish the Citizens United decision, and the constitutional barriers in the way.Source: Constitution Check: Will a Sanders “political revolution” overthrow Citizens United?...
In the midst of her concession speech on Tuesday night, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pivoted to a seemingly impromptu aside about Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums electioneering. “Sen.Source: Hillary’s Citizens United Criticism Makes It Sound Like She Hates Free Speech...
“I do not have a super PAC, and I do not want a super PAC.” –Bernie Sanders, remarks after New Hampshire primary, Feb. 9, 2016 “I am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a super PAC, who’s not raising huge sums of money from Wall Street and special interests.Source: Sanders’s claim that he...
ABC put together an estimate of the number of delegates won by each of the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination so far. Donald Trump in the lead with 17. Ted Cruz in second with 11.Source: The hopelessly, intentionally messy 2016 delegate process, explained...
Alexandria, VA – The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit working to promote and defend First Amendment rights to free political speech, assembly, and petition, today released an issue brief showing that money spent by candidates and super PACs was negatively coSource: “Big Money” Fails to Buy Iowa and New Hampshire Voters...
President Donald Trump wouldn’t be beholden to special interests, he says. Why? Because billionaires aren’t paying for his campaign.Source: Is Donald Trump self-funding his campaign? Sort of...
