Political giving : making sense of individual campaign contributions

Political giving : making sense of individual campaign contributions /

Why do some 30 million people in the United States give money to political candidates and causes--even though most individual contributions are irrational from the perspective of a strict cost-benefit analysis? How do campaign fundraisers tap into potential donors' motivations? Exploring three...

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Main Author: Johnson, Bertram N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, onc., 2013
Subjects:
Campaign funds > United States.
Elections > United States.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Puzzle of Individual Giving
  • 2. Competing Theories of Individual Participation
  • 3. The History of U.S. Campaign Finance
  • 4. How Modern Campaigns Appeal to Individual Contributors
  • 5. How Members of Congress Build Their Fundraising Coalitions
  • 6. What Survey Data Tells Us About Contributors
  • 7. Why Do People Give?
  • 8. Whither the Campaign Finance System?
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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