POLI 101 Lecture 20: POLI 320 - March 31.docx
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Re mind er: pap er assign m e n t. Ca m p aign str a t e gi e s. Ne g a tive s a d s h av e ex plod e d sinc e 2 010 d u e to sup er pac"s. Ca m p aign fina nc e regulation. Fed er al laws re g ulat e c a m p aig n fina nc e. Th e fed er al election ca m p aign act of 19 71 also prohibit e d cor por a tions a n d labor u nion s fro m con tributing directly to p olitical c a n did a t e s. Th e fed er al election ca m p aign act of 1974: this limited the amount of money one can spend on their own campaign in congressional elections, the supreme court struck down this spending limit in buckley v. valeo (1976)