OpenSecrets.org Reveals U.S. Money/Politics Nexus

摘要

The Citizens United election campaign is in full swing. Spending patterns for the congressional and presidential campaigns are far different from those of 2010 and 2008. This time, old-style spending from direct candidate contributions is flat or down, while newfangled "independent expenditures"-that are not given to candidates or spent by their campaign organizations-are soaring. So far in the 2012 election cycle, more than $250 million in independent expenditures have been made, which is almost three times as much as at the same point in 2008-and this is written before the post-convention spending spree.