This book provides an analytical guide to the modern political
campaign, chronologically covering key federal, state, and local
campaign laws, election commission rules, and the court decisions
interpreting them. While the media and the public tend to focus on
the personalities and foibles of the candidates and the horse-race
elements of political campaigns, election outcomes often depend as
much on the rules that limit candidates' activities and advertising
as on the candidates' platforms and personal appeal. How much money
may candidates raise? From whom can they accept money? When and how
may they spend their campaign funds? What are they allowed to say
in their ads? Informed voters who understand the constraints under
which campaigns operate can see past the headlines and the hype to
assess the quality of the candidates' campaign decisions and their
management skills. The approximately 100 documents gathered in this
reference guide put the essential information in readers' hands.
After introducing 18th- and 19th-century efforts to regulate
American election campaigns, this book examines the 20th-century
evolution and refinement of election campaign laws in era-by-era
chapters and concludes with a chapter on 21st-century developments.
Each chapter opens with a short essay highlighting politically
relevant historical events of the era to place the subject matter
in context. Analytical essays and suggested print and electronic
resources accompany every documentary entry
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