Campaign Finance: Cheat Sheet

Stuff you need to know:

  • The regulatory group that governs the donations, spending and public funding involved in a political campaign is the Federal Elections Commission.
  • The first politician to run an election similar to how we do so today was President Andrew Jackson.
  • Abraham Lincoln nearly bankrupted himself by largely financing his campaign with his own money.

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