Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting

Download or read book Campaign Contributions and Legislative Voting written by Stacey B. Gordon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the current paradox within the voting literature on campaign contributions and legislative voting behavior. Specifically, while journalists and observers believe that the contributions significantly influence congressional votes, empirical evidence compiled by political scientists has generally failed to identify a systematic linkage between the two. At the same time, the amount of money contributed by interest groups is increasing and polls indicate that the public is becoming more cynical about the process.