[EL] "How to waste 10 million dollars"

[Joe Trotter]

Don't see any need to explain away voters who support that kind of feel-good legislation, they had their voices heard at the ballot box. That's now democracy works. And, rest assured, if the measures for which they voted don't conform with the First Amendment, they will hear our voices in court. These are simply facts of life in our system of governance.

I suppose though the real question is if millions of dollars worth of outside spending buys elections and corrupts politicians, as pro-regulation groups like Mayday and Every Voice incessantly claim, why did their millions of dollars not only fail to buy the election on their behalf, but also fail to create a group of legislators beholden to their interests?

Let's all just embrace the irony.

Joe


On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Tyler Creighton wrote:

How do you explain away all of the voters that expressly voted for campaign finance reform? To name a few, Arkansas voters<http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-arkansas-voters-term-limits-ballot.html> pass ban on lobbyists gifts and direct corporate & union contributions to candidates. Voters in Tallahassee<http://daily.represent.us/anti-corruption-movement-scores-major-victory-polls> passed an anti-corruption measure limiting campaign contributions and establishing public financing. Voters in Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida<https://movetoamend.org/press-release/election-shows-americans-ready-amend-constitution> overwhelmingly pass ballot questions calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. More on Massachusetts<http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_26874800/referendum-corporate-political-spending-passes-mass> and Wisconsin<http://scwmta.org/?p=2139> ballot questions.

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On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Joe Trotter <jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org<mailto:jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org>> wrote:
Just a heads up, if you are interested in seeing how candidates supported by groups primarily concerned with money in politics this election cycle, Byron Tau and Ken Vogel wrote a great piece, "How to waste 10 million dollars<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/2014-elections-mayday-pac-larry-lessig-112617.html>."  Additionally, if you haven't seen it, CCP released an analysis of candidates supported by MayDay PAC, which is available here<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/11/05/mayday-pacs-candidates-sink/>.

It is always great to see new people and groups exposing voters to their ideas and always interesting to see how well received those ideas are by the electorate.


Joe Trotter
Center for Competitive Politics
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Alexandria, VA 22314
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