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  • Whose Democracy? Public Radio Project Web site

  • Whose Democracy? Take a Citizenship Quiz

  • The Center for Responsive Politics: Money in U.S. Politics

  • Political Money Line: Tracks Campaign Finance Data

  • International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance: Global Voter Turnout

  • The Center for Voting and Democracy

  • Election Nexus: Data on U.S. Voter Turnout and Voting Eligibility

  • Polling Report: Trends in American Public Opinion

  • Project Vote Smart: Data on Elected Officials and Current Candidates

  • Linestanding.com: Company Places Paid Congressional Seat Holders



    On the History of Campaign Finance

  • Vassar: Mark Hanna and Fundraising for the 1896 Presidential Campaign, Considered a Watershed for Campaign Finance

  • White House: William McKinley and the 1896 Presidential Election

  • Ohio State University: The Partnership Between McKinley and Hanna

  • Ohio State University: Political Cartoons Satirizing Hanna

  • Central Connecticut State University: The Civil Service Act, the 1896 Presidential Campaign and the Beginnings of Campaign Finance Reform

  • 'The Christian Science Monitor': Theodore Roosevelt's Campaign Finance Scandal

  • Center for Responsive Politics: A Brief History of Money in Politics

  • FEC: Brief History of Federal Election Campaign-Finance Laws

  • Hoover Institution: Timeline of Federal Campaign Finance Legislation



    On Political Outsiders Running for Public Office

    MoreNPR Stories on Ross Perot

    MoreNPR Stories on Jesse Ventura

    MoreNPR Stories on Gen. Wesley Clark

    MoreNPR Stories on Howard Dean




       
       
       
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