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Subject(s)

• United States Congress—Elections [Browse]
• Self-financed political candidates—United States [Browse]
• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]
• Campaign funds—United States—Statistics [Browse]

Publisher

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) [Browse]

Series

Contemporary political and social issues [More in this series]

Summary note

Many Americans have asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were confirmed. Or were they? What effect do self-financers really have on electoral outcomes? Jennifer Steen's authoritative empirical study of self-financed candidates is a landmark in American politics. Steen thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, her book gives us a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.

Source of description

Description based on information from the publisher.

Language note

English

Contents

• Introduction
• The distribution of self-financing : candidate quality, timing, and the local context
• How self-financing shapes the field of competition
• How much bang in a self-financed buck?
• Self-financing and the electoral connection
• Democracy, campaign reform, and politics.

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ISBN

• 9786612423345
• 9781282423343
• 1282423347
• 9780472022557
• 0472022555

OCLC

• 824099912
• 645039356

Doi

10.3998/mpub.90192

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