In the U.S. a citizen may give $2,700 per election to a federal candidate, $5,000 per year to a PAC, $10,000 per year to a State or local party committee and $33,400 per year to a national party. Citizens and corporations may give unlimited amounts to a Super PAC. A Super PAC is freed from traditional campaign finance laws as long as it does not fund a candidate or campaign or coordinate directly with a campaign how to spend donations.
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@9QZGVST5mos5MO
Yes. Ban all political donations. The government should give each political party the same amount of money: enough to stand a candidate in every riding. Reports of how every dollar was spent by the parties should then be written and available to the public.
Yes, up to $5000 and only from humans. No foundations, corporations, charities or other legal entities.
@8Y85WN93yrs3Y
yes, donations should be public knowledge as well
@8WZQ4HTConservative3yrs3Y
Yes, but raise the maximum allowed by the law
@8VR933S3yrs3Y
Limit donor spending and ban corporate donations.
@8VH22SV3yrs3Y
Businesses and corporations should not be allowed to donate to political parties. Individuals should be allowed to donate but they should be given a cap on the amount.
There should be a limit to how much a candidate is able to receive.
@8VCGSHW3yrs3Y
Yes, And 100% of all Donations should be publicly known of what party received how much and from what company.
@8TXVXML3yrs3Y
No, as long as they can vote for the Candidate.
@8TX932S3yrs3Y
Yes, and we should ban corporate donations.
@8SF7HN34yrs4Y
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge and the donors investigated if the donation exceeded a certain limit
@8R4DMBRConservative4yrs4Y
Yes, but the current limits are far too low and are not a good balance between having elections that are not bought and free speech.
@8QTW592New Democratic4yrs4Y
People should be able to give as much money as they want but there are people that almost never receive any money so maybe there is a point when the money needs to be split with another candidate once it reaches a certain amount of money
@8QP6S2C4yrs4Y
There should be a cap for the amount of money candidates can use
@8QLVLSV4yrs4Y
There should be a hard cap. We should not be electing people based on how much money they can raise.
@8PXL3BFNew Democratic4yrs4Y
Yes, democracy is not a popularity contest.
Yes, because trying to be the president should be done out of patriotism and no other reasons.
@8NWJ3SPLibertarian4yrs4Y
Yes, and ban all political donations for the purpose of campaigning and publicly fund elections from a fund that allow people to donate to instead.Administration and other party functions can be funded via private donation with no tax write off.
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No, as long as donations over a certain value are public knowledge.
No. But the identity and amount should be public record.
@98PN6J92yrs2Y
yes, capping at 10 thousand dollars
@96JJRBT2yrs2Y
Yes, and they should not be able to receive any money from donors.
@8VJ7MXZ3yrs3Y
No, but make it so that donors don't have a say in the politicians platform
I don't think it matters on the amount of money a candidate receives from a donor. That is, I believe, the donors' decision.
@965GMBK2yrs2Y
No, as long as there's no strings attached
@8KKC68B4yrs4Y
No, but it should go towards a pot where all candidates receive equal amounts to campaign from.
@LangworthyUS9th4yrs4Y
We need full election reform. I want govt funded elections. The media should be required to do their civic duty and cover the candidates fairly and equally. Let's use high school gyms for debates and town halls. We already pay for the schools let's use them.
This is a breeding ground for corruption. Special interests PACs big donors buy candidates. They have sold their souls before they even take their oath of office.
@8LG9WPJ4yrs4Y
All donations should be public knowledge. Acceptance of foreign donations should be grounds for barring candidates from holding office in the USA. Corporate donations should be limited & evidence of pandering to these donors should be grounds for removal from office. There should also be a limit and all candidates should get the same amount, one candidate shouldn't be allowed to spend millions over another. Abolish the two-party system. Also, EVERY public office should have term limits.
@8LWQF5T4yrs4Y
No, voters may donate money to candidates. However, candidates and elections should receive a baseline public government fund.
@8M94PFW3yrs3Y
Candidates should be funded only by individual voters.
@8NXSCW24yrs4Y
No, we should have blind elections. This would eliminate personality over politics and political rallies have become obselete.
No, but only from individuals who can vote for them.
@8PQPWS74yrs4Y
Private donors: no, as long as it's made public Corporate entities and the elite should not be able to fund a candidate.
@8PXJBZS4yrs4Y
Yes - AND the donor should be a registered voter living in an area represented by the candidate.
@92YTHN63yrs3Y
Yes but then they could get multiple people to donate to them all with private funding
@8SGXQ5C4yrs4Y
No only for unions and corporations
@8SXSTLG4yrs4Y
I don't enough knowledge about this to care
@8TF44GJ3yrs3Y
Yes, end all corporate lobbying, but publicly funded elections are fine.
@8TMFV7P3yrs3Y
Yes, and publicly fund elections but do not ban donayions
@93DS58S3yrs3Y
No, individual donors should be allowed to contribute as much as they want to candidates. But Corporate donations should be prohibited.
@93HQV8K3yrs3Y
No, but all campaigns should be limited to a total amount of funding they can accept there is a fair and even playing field for all candidates.
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@8QPW6L24yrs4Y
Yes, but pass a constitutional amendment when doing so.
@heatherdvdprincess3yrs3Y
No, if an organization is given a lot of money for political opinions, it is like a vote and should be allowed to be used it to fund political change.
@heatherdvdprincess2yrs2Y
No, if an organization is given a lot of money for political opinions, it is like a vote and should be allowed to use it to fund political change.
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@88LK76J3yrs3Y
No and Abolish democracy
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@8P6PWZP4yrs4Y
No, only for private donors.
@8HDMV9J4yrs4Y
No, as long as no contingencies, strings, or obligations are attached to donations
@8P35L6M4yrs4Y
No, as long as all donations of 3,000 dollars or more are public knowledge.
@8QZJMDF4yrs4Y
No, nothing can stop this, you're just making it less transparent
@6TS33SC2yrs2Y
No, but instead make all donation numbers anonymous to preserve nuetrality.
@kgtiberius4yrs4Y
There should not be a limit on donations from private USA citizens; however, there should be a limit on donations from any organization, company, group, NGO, pact, etc.
@89CDM9C3yrs3Y
No, but a donor should be one individual person, not a corporation, union, or any other group. Political campaigns should also be tax exempt non-profits (repeal the Johnson Act).
@842VWLK3yrs3Y
yes, but do slightly increase the amount someone can donate so that it can be a bit more competitive.
@8DP4ST34yrs4Y
yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors and all donations are public knowledge.
@8DP4ST34yrs4Y
There should be a limit and the donations should be public knowledge.
@8FPLGKD4yrs4Y
Yes, but make PACs and parties unable to financially contribute to a candidate's campaign and substantially increase the amount a citizen may currently give.
@8GMPK8G4yrs4Y
No, if people want to donate they should be able to no questions asked.
@8GSYNK94yrs4Y
No, a donor should be able to donate however much they think is reasonable.
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