Self-financed Candidates in Congressional Elections

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-472-06903-3
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Contemporary Political and Social Issues

Many Americans have asked this question in the face of skyrocketing campaign spending by candidates and parties. Then, in the 1990s, came a wave of wealthy individuals whose deep pockets seemed to be buying political offices across the country. Our worst suspicions were confirmed. Or were they? What effect do self-financers really have on electoral outcomes? Jennifer Steen's authoritative empirical study of self-financed candidates is a landmark in American politics. Steen thoroughly disproves the notion that self-funded candidates can buy a legislative seat, proving that the vast majority of self-financers do not win their elections. Instead, her book gives us a truer understanding of self-financers' actual influence on campaign competition and rhetoric.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steen, Jennifer

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Steen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a former political consultant. Her work on self-financed candidates is legendary in the field.