Program Links
IRV in Los Angeles
Political Communication and Campaign Finance Reform
It takes a lot of money to run for many political offices today. Such high barriers to entry, along with disturbing levels of corruption, show not only the need to offset the influence of money in politics, but also for new approaches and rationales for campaign finance regulation. The Political Reform Program will develop approaches that lower the barriers to entry for candidates, strengthen the roles of citizen intermediaries, and make it possible for citizens of modest means to express their political views meaningfully, indirectly reducing the corrupting power of money.
An initiative to develop fresh perspectives and new solutions to the issues of money, corruption and political communication will be guided by Mark Schmitt as a Senior Fellow.
Articles
| Article | Date |
|---|---|
| Mismatching Funds | March 31, 2007 |
| Pay to Play | March 16, 2007 |
Schmitt on TPMCafe: Political Reform with People In It
"There's a reason that purely limit-based campaign finance reform will inevitably run into a dead end," Schmitt writes in a recent TPMCafe post. "If the goal of reform is defined as chasing down big money wherever it is to be found, it will inevitably end up chasing money down rabbit holes where regulation doesn't fit -- and shouldn't. It's a stale, limited, airless way of looking at the problem that doesn't have any room for the complexity and flux of real politics."
Click here to read the full post.
