From likes to votes: How influencers are changing Indian politics And as politicians prepared to battle it out for India's billion votes, these influencers were being lined up to play a crucial role in reaching the young, the disinterested and the disillusioned. 05/4/2024 - 11:12 am | View Link
Politics A package of late bills seeking to calm a brewing ballot battle between environmental concerns and the oil and gas industry passed their first hurdle in a Senate committee Thursday — but the ... 05/4/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Politics Without Trump? His Youngest Fans Barely Remember It. Democrats call Donald J. Trump dangerous. Republicans see him as revolutionary. For young Trump voters, he is just normal. 05/3/2024 - 10:03 pm | View Link
He Went From Prison to Politics. Now He Helps Others Get a Second Act. Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying 1990s rapper who went to prison for murder. 05/3/2024 - 8:00 pm | View Link
Tech platforms make pitch for ad deals as TikTok is roiled by politics Short-form video took center stage at tech and social media companies' annual presentations to advertisers, as platforms like Snap and Meta look to capitalize on TikTok's political uncertainty in the ... 05/3/2024 - 10:23 am | View Link
Money and Politics: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Money and Politics: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Remarks from the Governor of Arizona at the Brennan Center’s first Living Constitution Lecture. Published: April 11, 2008. 05/3/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Website
OpenSecrets Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Our mission is to track the flow of money in American politics and provide the data and analysis to strengthen democracy. 05/3/2024 - 4:58 am | View Website
Campaign Finance: How did Money Influence 2020 U.S. Senate Elections? Recent election cycles have shattered campaign fundraising and spending records: the unprecedented 2020 U.S. election cycle cost nearly $14 billion in presidential and congressional campaign spending, exceeding the spending amounts witnessed in the 2012 and 2016 U.S. federal campaign cycles combined. 05/3/2024 - 3:24 am | View Website
21 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2021 21 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2021. From campaign finance violations to corporate influence, the year was stocked with highs and lows. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy. December 6, 2021. Douglas Rissing. Reform Money in Politics. Influence of Big Money. 21. The funding of ballot measures continued to be a smorgasbord of unlimited money. 05/2/2024 - 6:13 pm | View Website
5. Money, power and the influence of ordinary people in American politics Views on limiting the role of money in politics. By a wide margin, the public supports limiting the amount of money spent on political campaigns: 72% say there should be limits on spending by individuals and organizations, while just 11% say they should be able to spend as much as they want. 05/2/2024 - 7:58 am | View Website
After Lia Thomas became the first trans athlete to win NCAA swimming championship, Oberlin lacrosse coach Kim Russell felt it was unfair. She spoke up.