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| Yes | 31% | 97 votes | Total: 312 votes | |
| No | 69% | 215 votes |
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Pop quiz: what system of government is defined by the rule of an elite caste of landowners and wealthy aristocrats over their peasant subjects, a rule codified in an elaborate s...read more
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by iiivix
Some politicians need money to advertise themselves. A partial funding from the government to fund election campaigns could even the playing field. Too often the spoils go the r...read more
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by Kate Johnson
Not only should the US government help fund election campaigns, the government should provide a fixed and finite medium for all candidates. No campaign "funds" per se would eli...read more
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Absolutely, we, the people, should be the ones who's support is needed to become elected. We can see what happens when corporate charity selects our candidates. Representatives ...read more
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THE POWER OF GOLD Here's your quiz: if Candidate X chooses to accept no private money and opts for public financing only, what will Lobbyist Z do with his huge war chest? Thi...read more
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by Doctor Bob
What we have here is popularly called a "no-brainer." Of course we should pay for elections through our tax dollars. This is the only way in which we can compete with, and eve...read more
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by Xelan Bonn
Actually, the US government could give all candidates free airtime and would not need to come-out-of-pocket to fund federal campaigns under a properly administrated election sys...read more
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by Steve Dimino
oh yes the government certainly should fund election campaigns. but i don't mean the American people should fund campaigns. i feel the u.s. government employees should fund camp...read more
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Politicians should not be in the fund-raising business. Money is influence, and politicians are held accountable for their political actions by those that fund their campaigns....read more
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by Greg Slack
SHOULD THE US GOVERNMENT HELP FUND ELECTION CAMPAIGNS? I say yes to this and my reasons are simple and to the heart of the matter. In the current US election climate, the can...read more
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Should the US government help fund election campaigns? Yes, not only the Federal Government, but State, County, and local governments, also, can and should fund their own electi...read more
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By having some government campaign money candidates would have more freedom to depend less on so much corporate money that is way to high for donation money that gives companies...read more
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The only foreseeable problem with the government funding presidential campaigns is that it would be very tough to decide who qualifies to receive the money. I would be in favor ...read more
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by Ted Sherman
The ideal political situation would be that elections should feature only candidates who have no financial connections to any person or group. As the Constitution provides, any ...read more
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by Dan Ashley
Let's be honest. A government of the people, for the people, and by the people has perished! Our country is led by wealthy Americans who go to Washington to get wealthier. Th...read more
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by Phil Hill
As things stand, it is impossible for a poor man or woman to become President of the USA. Millions of dollars are pumped into election campaigns to get the candidates on our air...read more
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by R Smath
Government assistance should be mandatory in funding political campaigns. They should not only help fund campaigns, they should fund the whole campaign. There should be a set ...read more
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by Stacy Litz
It's not a question of "should" they help fund election campaigns, it's more like "are they willing to" help fund election campaigns. If the US government, especially conce...read more
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by Gloria Allen
No. The Government should not, under any circumstances fund election campaigns, for many reasons. First, this is taxpayer's money. When people pay their taxes to the American...read more
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The US government should NOT help fund election campaigns. It would only make the problem worse! Without a doubt, current election campaigns favor those with money - the elit...read more
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by Will Kester
The role of government, in an ideal world, is to level the playing field so that individual efforts will have equal opportunities to succeed, in all things, not just in election...read more
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The US government already has its fingers in too many pies. We need less government intervention, not more. Election campaigns should be funded by those who wish to enter the ...read more
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The government of the United States should not fund election campaigns. The intrusion of the government further into the political market would cause and already overcrowded fi...read more
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by Samuilovna
Politicians spend too much money on election campaigns. They fundraise, accepting money from their supporters, which sometimes creates conflicts of interest. Maybe politicians n...read more
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by Larry Head
I firmly believe that a taxpayer funded election campaigns flies in the very face of the constitution as well as the vision the founders had for the fledgling republic which the...read more
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by Ken Miller
The idea of the government funding elections is just another symptom of a government that has gone from protecting our freedoms to regulating our lives. As it is now, with "Cam...read more
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by Carol Gustke
That's all we need....More Government in our affairs. We're all ready billions in debt. We don't need the government to crank out more money to foot the bill for election campa...read more
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by Drew Price
A government that is able to fund candidates can essentially use taxpayer money to choose it's own officers. This, to me, seems to be not only unconditional, but unethical. Wh...read more
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by Jon Ferguson
It is not the business of the Federal Government to pour money into bigger and more expensive campaigns. Electing government officials should always be in the hands of the peop...read more
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If the assuming wanna be elected officials can in this day and age of high unemployment find so much money on their own. Then let them pay for it all that way. It is high time...read more
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by Tj Sly
Over burdened budgets and continuously rising taxes should be a clear signal that the US government is already overextended and should not help fund election campaigns. This com...read more
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ABSOLUTELY NOT The average American has been degraded to the point that they can barely make ends meet; or pay the bills on time. Why should the Taxpayers have to pay out mon...read more
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by Joseph Malek
Clearly, the funding by the elected Politicians within our Government of the United States of America for the campaigns of future elected Politicians truly is not a fair and equ...read more
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The government should not give any money to election campaigns. By allowing the government to help with campaign costs we are allowing the government to choose who gets elected...read more
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by TJ Good
Absolute Not! I feel that Government has a nice little racket going on. Politicians get support money from individuals, corporate, PACs, foundations, and the list goes...read more
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The State must be separated from everything such as Church, School, Business, and Election Campaigning. The State should concentrate on converting itself to a private entity and...read more
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Here in Arizona we have a thing called the clean elections commission in which Candidates for state level elections who voluntarily participate get tax payer funding designed to...read more
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