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Advocacy Blog
Friday, June 02, 2006
Study Shows Campaign Limits Are Not Incentive to Incumbents
PIRG and National Voting Institute has released a report showing there is no evidence that campaign contribution limits provide an advantage to incumbents.
From BNA:
A statement releasing the new study said it showed that contribution limits do not increase the contribution bias in favor of incumbents or increase the differences in fund-raising among gubernatorial candidates in general. Contribution limits benefit challengers by decreasing the ratio of contributions made to incumbents versus challengers by "policy-oriented" contributors, including corporations, labor unions, and political action committees (PACs), the study found.
"This study confirms what common sense and previous research strongly suggest--leveling the playing field through reforms such as contribution limits is not bad for challengers," said one of the report's authors, State PIRGs Democracy Advocate Adam Lioz.
Posted by Jennifer Lowe
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