Campaign finance
1. List the reasons why the Watergate scandal gave impetus to
reform of the system for financing presidential elections
Federal Election Campaign Act (1974)
2. Answer these questions:
a) How much could each candidate receive from individuals or from
businesses?
b) How much could foreign donors give to campaigners?
c) How much could candidates spend on primary and general election
campaigns in 2000?
d) What are matching funds?
e) What was the FEC?
2. List ways in which Supreme Court rulings and legislation from Congress
weakened the Federal Election Campaign Act (1974)
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (2002)
3. Answer these questions:
a) What is ‘soft money’ and what was done about it?
b) What restrictions were placed on the use of union money?
c) What is the current limit on individual donations
d) What is the purpose of the ‘Stand by Your Ad’ provision?