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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > political campaign management > public funding of campaigns

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public funding of campaigns  

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  • PUBLIC FINANCING IS the appropriation of money from a public treasury to candidates or parties for the express purpose of aiding them in funding electoral campaigns. Public financing schemes are generally designed to combat perceptions of widespread inequity or financial malfeasance in elections at the federal, state, and local levels of American government. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Public Funding of Campaigns]

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