This is a class blog for the students of POLSCI 426: Congressional Politics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Don’t Follow the Money
David Brooks calls money in politics, "primitive mythology of the political class." He alludes to some of the ideas we are studying right now about the relationship between winning elections and campaign finance.
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1 comment:
I really liked this article and the fact that Brooks calls party spending a "mythology". What is really mysterious to me is that there is no fluidity to the studies that have been done...no general consensus on the best way to spend. It seems like just another area of chaos.
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