Question

what are examples of independent expenditure campaigns?

Answer 1

i already know the definition but i need examples of actual committees or campaigns

Answer 2

Relative to direct contributions made to candidates, their committees, and political parties, independent expenditures are much more often the province of large donors. One hundred thousand groups and individuals were responsible for the more than $550 million in political contributions in 2010 (excluding self-funding by candidates), with a $250 median contribution. But the $573 million given to committees that spent the most independent money on candidate elections since 2000 was contributed by less than six thousand distinct individuals and groups, with the median contribution of $5000.

Independent expenditures are not unequivocally more effective. On one hand, due to sheer magnitude, independent spending unhampered by limits can potentially be more influential than direct contributions. Independent expenditures can be large enough to make credible threats of withholding supportive ad campaigns from candidates or funding negative campaigns against them. For instance, this leverage might allow a union, corporation, or other interest to threaten to spend millions against an incumbent’s reelection campaign if he does not promote their agenda, a much more powerful deterrent than threatening to withhold the maximum contribution of $20,000 or to give it to his opponent.

On the other hand, independent expenditures prevent candidates from controlling the spending and messaging associated with the expenditure. Ads resulting from independent spending can be out of line with the official campaign’s message, thereby weakening its ultimate value to the campaign.
Independent Expenditure Trends

Unlike California, 24 other states and the federal government limited or prohibited independent expenditures by corporations and unions until recently. With Citizens United effectively eliminating such regulations, California’s experience with independent spending may provide a glimpse into the future of political finance in the country. Figure 1 illustrates that in terms of money committed, lobbying is the overall dominant method of obtaining political influence in California, as it is on the federal level. Together, contributions to candidates and ballot measure campaigns comprise a similar portion of the spending. Independent expenditures, meanwhile, constitute a much smaller portion of overall political spending.

However, the distribution of political money in Figure 1 does not capture the rapid rise of independent expenditures since 2006. As Figure 2 indicates (also see Figure 4), IEs comprised a larger portion of overall political spending in the most recent election cycle, a trend that may continue in the future.

Answer 3

http://uscommonsense.org/research/independent-expenditures-the-new-money-in-california-politics/

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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