Campaign Financing - U.S. - Links

Links to Campaign Financing articles – U.S.

The most informative web site:
Your guide to the money in U.S. elections.
http://www.opensecrets.org

The Hoover Institution, Campaign Finance Site:
A lot of very good basic information about campaign finance.
http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/

From the Hoover Institution: a brief history of campaign finance in the U.S.
http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/history/financing1.html

A Wikipedia page on the principle of campaign finance as practiced in various countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance

A PBS/Now section on educating children about Campaign finance.
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/campaignfinance.html

The Campaign Finance Institute:
This site, affiliated with the George Washington University, is very basic but has some interesting articles on campaign financing.
http://www.cfinst.org/

PublicCampaign.org, a web site dedicated to public financing of the elections.
That’s an organization that you can’t expect mainstream media to talk much about, because what they are fighting for would cut down their revenues from political campaigning.
http://www.publicampaign.org/

Follow the Money:
Dedicated to following the money at the State level.
http://www.followthemoney.org/

The Public Citizen site on Campaign Finance Reform.
http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/index.cfm

A 1998 Washington Post article on the cost of campaigning in 1996.
The cost of elections across the country was $2.7 billion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/campfin.htm

Center for Responsive Politics estimate of 2006 elections: $2.6 billion.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pressreleases/2006/PreElection.10.25.asp