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TRENDS IN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING, 1990-2010*

TRENDS IN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING, 1990-2010*. Dr. David B. Cohen Associate Professor of Political Science Fellow, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics The University of Akron. *All data drawn from Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org).

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TRENDS IN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING, 1990-2010*

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  1. TRENDS IN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING, 1990-2010* Dr. David B. Cohen Associate Professor of Political Science Fellow, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics The University of Akron *All data drawn from Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org).

  2. TOTAL COST OF OUTSIDE SPENDING, 1990-2010

  3. 2010 SPENDING BY SUPER PACS (OVER $1 MIL)

  4. TOP 10 SPENDING BY 527S IN 2010

  5. TOP 10 INDIVIDUAL DONORS IN 2010

  6. TOP 10 OUTSIDE SPENDING BY GROUPS IN 2010

  7. TOP 10 DISCLOSED OUTSIDE SPENDING BY DONORS’ INDUSTRIES IN 2010

  8. ANONYMOUS/CORPORATE DONORS • According to office of NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, independent groups that do not disclose the identity of their donors spent $132.5 million to influence the 2010 elections. • Anonymous or unlimited corporate spending allowed by Citizens United ruling represented 15% of all federal political spending in 2010.

  9. THE FUTURE • Politico article: “To Right, Citizens United Just a Start.” Mar. 18, 2011. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51538.html • “Not satisfied by the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates to corporate-sponsored election ads, conservative opponents of campaign finance regulations have opened up a series of new legal fronts in their effort to eliminate the remaining laws restricting the flow of money into politics. They have taken to Congress, state legislatures and the lower courts to target almost every type of regulation on the books: disclosure requirements, bans on foreign and corporate contributions and – in a pair of cases the Supreme Court will consider this month – party spending limits and public financing of campaigns…. While liberals have framed the assault on campaign spending restrictions as part of a vast corporate conspiracy, funded by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, to elect Republicans, it’s not just conservative groups challenging the campaign laws.” • E.g. ACLU amicus brief support of Citizens United

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