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Progressive Democrats Have a Solution for America’s Distrust of Politicians: Stop Accepting Corporate PAC Money
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Progressive Democrats Have a Solution for America’s Distrust of Politicians: Stop Accepting Corporate PAC Money

Author Navin Nayak discusses how important it is for Democrats to reject corporate PAC dollars in their efforts to restore Americans' trust in their politicians.

Distrust of our political system has reached historic levels such that voters of all stripes now instinctively assume that politicians are corrupted by the political contributions they receive. A 2018 Pew Research Center report suggests that 73 percent of Americans believe that donating money to politicians provides donors with disproportionate influence on elected officials.

So it’s not surprising that the same report found that 77 percent of respondents believe that the amount of money that individuals and organizations can contribute to candidates should be limited. (Donors themselves are more likely to believe that their elected officials will help them with their problems.) A 2017 Ipsos poll for the Center for Public Integrity similarly found that fully 57 percent of respondents supported limits on the amount of money that Super PACs could raise and spend.

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Authors

Navin Nayak

President and Executive Director, Center for American Progress Action Fund