Sunday, December 7, 2014

Campaign Finance Reform

After viewing the documentary and reading What's the Future for Campaign Finance Reform, I believe there should be campaign fiance reform for elections. In most elections, a large amount of time and effort is put into raising money. A candidate's main goal is to get elected. The candidate does this by getting himself highly and known and liked by the people voting for him. Therefore the more money a candidate raises for himself, the more supplies they will  have at hand to use in whatever way they want. It will also become easier for the candidate to travel and see his voters and to also make a variety of ads that will constantly try to convince voters to choose him over the others. However, by a candidate having a main focus on raising and collecting money for his campaign, things begin to get tricky. The candidate will begin to put his efforts into solely gaining support from the rich voters and large corporations. This way, a large amount of money is given to the candidate in a short amount of time. This, however, seems unfair to the poor and middle-classed people who can only donate and show heir support through money through a limited amount. This can leave it harder for these people to participate during the campaigns for candidates, while also influencing candidates by money. This is where campaign finance reform would improve and benefit the election process. I think the best proposal that will offer the best solution is attracting small donors. In the article, "Backers like Eldridge argued the program would make public officials more accountable to all groups of people, rather than special interests and wealthy donors" (Khan, 2). By citizens having an equal chance at showing their support through money, it would most definitely lead candidates to have a more neutral approach on who they campaign to. Although campaign finance reform is an option that I believe in, having flaws and chances of corruption in a government is inevitable and will never be a hundred percent solved.

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