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Subject(s)

• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]
• Presidents—United States—Nomination [Browse]

Author

• Powell, Lynda W. [Browse]
• Wilcox, Clyde, 1953- [Browse]

Summary note

Serious Money offers detailed analysis of the relationship between fundraising methods and contributing decisions in presidential nomination campaigns, based largely upon newly conducted surveys of contributors to both the 1988 and 1992 campaigns. Brown, Powell and Wilcox explore the fundamental differences detween direct mail solicitation and personal-solicitation networks, and how candidate resources dictate the use of unique methods of solicitation. Candidate resources analysed include home state power bases, access to national party networks and the national legislative agenda, congressional office, social identity, and ideological proximity. With respect to contributing decisions, the book focuses on the three fundamental sources of the decision to contribute: the purposive, solidary, and material motives of contributors.

Notes

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Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Regulatory Environment
• 3. The Contributor Pool
• 4. Mobilizing The Pool: Methods Of Soliciting Campaign Funds
• 5. Candidate Resources
• 6. Recruiting Contributors And Solicitors: Candidate And Individual Decisions
• 7. Conclusion
• Appendix I: The 1988 And 1992 Presidential Nomination Surveys
• Appendix Ii: 1988 And 1992 Survey Items Used In The Analysis.

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ISBN

9780511521553 (ebook)

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