Americans Uneasy With New Campaign Finance Rules
Via Politico
Just one in 10 Americans feels that the post-Citizens United campaign fundraising climate has improved the presidential election process, according to a new Monmouth University survey out Wednesday.
In fact, nearly half of those surveyed (48 percent) said that looser campaign finance rules and a record-shattering amount of money being spent on elections have only worsened the presidential election process. Another 29 percent said the changes over the last half-decade have not had an appreciable effect.
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“The public is starting to worry that the Wild West nature of campaign finance is damaging the way we choose presidential candidates,” said Patrick Murray, the director of Monmouth University Polling Institute.
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