Henrik M. Schatzinger, Steven E. Martin

Game Changers

How Dark Money and Super PACs Are Transforming U.S. Campaigns

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A supplemental textbook that shows how outside groups, specifically dark money groups and super PACs, are profoundly changing political campaigns since Citizens United v. FEC (2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9781538136171
• ISBN-10: 1538136171
• Artikelnr.: 58296647

Autorenporträt

Henrik M. Schatzinger is associate professor and chair of politics and government at Ripon College, where he teaches and conducts research on interest groups and money in politics. He is also codirector of the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College, which organizes numerous events to promote constructive political debate. Schatzinger's research has examined the timing of campaign contributions and as a research analyst for the Campaign Finance Institute (2008-9), he has examined how democracy can be strengthened through small donors and volunteers. A new article coauthored by Schatzinger on lobbying for federal contracts is forthcoming in Social Science Quarterly. Schatzinger is teaching courses on campaigns and elections, interest groups, and money in politics. Steven E. Martin holds a PhD in rhetoric from Penn State University. He is professor of communication at Ripon College, where he teaches courses on presidential rhetoric and political campaigns. He has authored articles and book chapters, most recently about Scott Walker's anti-union discourse and Colin Kaepernick's conflict with the NFL.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface About the Authors 1. Super PACs and Dark Money as Game Changers
Understanding Differences Among Groups Trump vs Pro-Trump Groups How are
Campaigns Changing? Campaign Finance Candidate-Group Signaling, Group-Group
Coordination, and Candidate-Voter Communication Effects on Political
Parties Dark Money Groups and Anonymity Representation and Political
Influence Conclusion Additional Reading 2. The First Amendment and Legal
Issues First Amendment Theory The Marketplace of Ideas Model The
Self-Governance Model The Liberty Model Significant Legislation and Court
Cases The Federal Election Campaign Act Buckley v. Valeo (1976) Colorado
Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC The Bipartisan Campaign Reform
Act FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life Inc. (2007) Citizens United v. FEC
(2010) SpeechNow v. FEC (2010) McCutcheon v. FEC (2014) Legal Issues
Related to Political Campaigns: Four Tensions To What Extent Should
"Corporations" Have First Amendment Rights? (When) Should Money be
Protected as Speech? Where Should We Draw the Lines of Responsiveness and
Corruption? Campaign Transparency: Do Voters Have a Right to Know Who Is
Funding Campaign-Related Speech? Conclusion Additional Reading 3. Donors,
Group Expenditures, and Representation Donors Super PAC Donors Super PAC
Recipients Dark Money Donors Dark Money Recipients Group Expenditures
Purpose of Super PAC Expenditures Ideological Breakdown of Dark Money
Spending Political Activity Versus Social Welfare Nonprofits' Political
Spending and Activities Implications of Findings "So What?" Effects on
Candidates and Representation Conclusion Additional Reading 4. New Trends
in Presidential Campaigns Democratic Candidates, Trump, and Outside Groups
in the 2020 Presidential Campaign New Trends Since Citizens United Playing
the Delay Game The Staff Shell Game The New Money Primary The Presidential
Primary Vacuum The Increasing Importance of Leadership PACs Playing Pinball
with Joint Fundraising Committees Official Party Committees Super PAC
Activities Without Coordination Super PACs Versus Incumbent Presidents
During the Primaries The Republican Conundrum: Super PAC Help vs. Damaged
Goods Theory Coordinated Expenditures and the Parties' Ground Game The
Small Donor Revolution Conclusion Additional Reading 5. New Trends in
Congressional Campaigns What We Know From the Literature Congressional
Campaign Trends Since Citizens United Independent Expenditures The
Electoral Strategy: A Focus on Competitive Races and the Ideological
Composition of Congress Organizational Diversity Among Super PACs and Its
Impact Organized Blitz Campaigns and Continuous Ad Firestorms Super PACs
Disclosing their Donors After an Election Effects on Political Parties
Outside Group Effect Conclusion Additional Reading 6. Political Advertising
in the Post-Citizens United Era Outside Group Advertisements in Federal
Elections Since 2010 2010: Congressional Midterm Elections 2012:
Presidential and Congressional Elections 2014: Congressional Midterm
Elections 2016: Presidential and Congressional Elections 2018:
Congressional Midterm Elections Anonymity and Accountability Astroturfing
Deception in the Content of Group Ads Why Disclosure Matters Digital
Political Advertising Native Advertising Microtargeting Foreign Dark Money
and Digital Advertising The Tone and Content of Political Ads Tone and
Content in Outside Group Ads Case Study: The 2018 Florida Senate Race Case
Study: Outside Groups Against Trump in 2020 Does Political Advertising
Matter? Free Media Coverage Conclusion Additional Reading 7. Ideas for
Reform Increase "Hard Money" Contribution Limits Variation: Allow Parties
and PACs but Not Candidates to Receive Increased Donations Problems Hard
Money Contribution Increases Can Reduce Public Funding Fully Funded Public
Elections Matching Funds Partial Public Funding Tax Incentives Vouchers
Drawbacks of Public Funding Benefits of Public Funding Super PAC and
Independent Expenditure Insurance Drawbacks of Super PAC Insurance Benefits
of Super PAC Insurance Legislative Recusal Drawbacks of Recusal Rules
Benefits of Recusal Rules Disclosure Reform Reporting and Collecting Donor
and Expenditure Information A Disclosure Plan for Better Dissemination
Disclaimers Digital Ad Disclaimers Drawbacks of Enhanced Disclosure and a
Compromise Benefits of Better Disclosure Federal Election Commission Reform
Judicial Reform Conclusion Additional Reading Index