This article considers the vast academic literature on campaign finance regulation in the
United States, drawing on the fields of political theory, American politics, election law …

Efforts to reform the US campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence
of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms …

This paper argues that the current disinformation studies literature lacks any sustained
analysis of a crucial element in any communication campaign–its sources of funding. The …

Individuals learn about the actions or behaviors of other people through the use of
descriptive social norms. Previous work has argued that the use of negative descriptive …

Conservatives are often blamed for spreading misinformation, but it is unclear whether
certain situations trigger them and, if so, why. The authors examine situations that are …

Candidates raise substantial sums of money to compete in federal elections. Scholars and
election observers are concerned by potential corruption related to the reliance on donors …

Polarization is visible in many aspects of American politics, from Congress to the courts to
state legislatures and even the electorate. The common thread linking all of these settings is …

Scholars across the social sciences have long hypothesized that individual contributors
often make political contributions on the basis of partisanship or ideology and that the most …

Recent scholarship has argued that parties strategically support more moderate, and thus
more electable, candidates. Using interviews with party elites and new data on the party …

Current campaign finance law in the United States does little to redress biases in the donor
population. One solution proposed by reformers is to expand the donor base to include a …