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Recent events suggest continued congressional interest in campaign finance policy. This report provides an overview and analysis of 110th Congress legislation addressed in hearings or that has passed at least one chamber. The report also discusses two policy developments: Federal Election Commission nominations and a recent Supreme Court ruling that could affect future political advertising. As of the writing of this report, approximately 50 bills devoted largely to campaign finance have been introduced in the 110th Congress, but none have become law. This report contains a brief historical overview, campaign finance legislation in the 110th Congress, and recent developments.

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Can voters in clientelist countries be swayed by programmatic promises? Results from a structural model and a field experiment disseminating candidate policy platforms in Philippine mayoral elections indicate that they can. Voters who received information about candidate policy promises were more likely to vote for candidates who were closer to their own preferences. Voters who were informed about incumbent candidates' past commitments were more likely to vote for incumbents who fulfilled them. The structural model uncovers mechanisms. Information about campaign promises increases policies' salience relative to other voter concerns; it also affects voter beliefs about candidate quality and candidates' platforms.

Analyse innenpolitischer Entwicklungen nach dem Tod von Mao Zedong. Aufstieg der "Viererbande" während der Kulturrevolution und ihr Fall 1976. Machtkonsolidierung durch Hua Guofeng. (DÜI-Sen)

AbstractTo learn about the effects of corporate campaign contributions, we study the potential influence of the insurance industry in US state politics. The insurance industry is one of the biggest players in state politics, and we have collected new data on objective measures of the industry's performance in each state over time. We exploit within-state changes in campaign finance regulations which can significantly restrict the ability of corporate contributors to give money and potentially influence elected officials. Across a range of outcomes and campaign finance reforms, we find little evidence that the ability to make corporate campaign contributions benefits the insurance industry in a state. Some results suggest that the ability to make campaign contributions may benefit the insurance industry in states with elected insurance commissioners, but overall, campaign contributions appear to have a little distortionary effect even in a setting where we would most expect to find it.

Discusses the motives for the spate of urban bombings in Turkey claimed by the Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK), seen as a splinter from the Kurdish Workers Party. Could TAK be guided by the "deep state," a secret group of Turkish generals, politicians, bureaucrats, and organized criminals seeking expanded emergency powers for security forces, or are the bombings a response to continued state repression of Kurds?

Political campaigns are an intrinsic piece of the increasingly expensive and polarizing road to Election Day. This volume looks into the many aspects of political campaigns, including nominations, political advertising, and the laws and policies in place to protect the voting process. Through in-depth main text featuring annotated quotes, sidebars, charts, and graphs, readers learn about the influence of social media on Election Day, and the ways psychology can help candidates win. They'll survey what voting might look like in the future. Readers are also presented with questions to help them review and think critically about this issue.