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A New Test Of Issue Ownership Theory: U.S. Senate Campaign Debates, John C. Davis
A New Test Of Issue Ownership Theory: U.S. Senate Campaign Debates, John C. Davis
Speaker & Gavel
This study tests issue ownership theory on U.S. Senate debates. Issue ownership theory states that each of the two major American parties possess issues which the public perceive to be best handled by one party over another. Republicans are thought to be better at handling problems concerning national defense, foreign policy, and taxes. Democrats are believed to be better at addressing issues such as education, health care, and the environment. This study hypothesizes that, due to unique characteristics regarding the office being sought, U.S. Senate candidates from both major parties do not adhere to previously recognized patterns of issue ownership …
Heart Of Darkness: New Hampshire Campaign Finance Law Since Citizens United, Jay Surdowski
Heart Of Darkness: New Hampshire Campaign Finance Law Since Citizens United, Jay Surdowski
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “Perhaps one of the greatest election law paradoxes in the United States is that New Hampshire—the First in the Nation Presidential Primary State—a State whose citizenry famously prides itself on political engagement—is also a State with some of the most complicated and sporadically enforced campaign finance laws in any jurisdiction. The post-Citizens United world, wherein vast quantities of unlimited and anonymous corporate and individual donations by some of the wealthiest citizens are freely flowing (so-called “Dark Money” because the identities of donors are shielded by law), has only exacerbated the loud creaks of the rickety campaign finance law firmament …