Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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With our never-ending election cycle, the constant state of political advertising is rightfully under scrutiny.

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Professor Politics video on Money's Influence in Politics
How Much Does a Politician Cost? - youtu.be/8P0wG1o-sms

Dark Money (2018) - amzn.to/2MDcMDG

huffpost.com/entry/56-years-of-presidential-campaign-spending-how-2016_b_5820bf9ce4b0334571e09fc1
opensecrets.org/overview/cost.php?display=T&infl=Y
fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/understanding-ways-support-federal-candidates
opensecrets.org/news/2019/12/opensecrets-2019-bestof
ivn.us/2013/11/15/what-is-a-527-organization
money.howstuffworks.com/question498.htm
opensecrets.org/dark-money/basics
washingtonpost.com/politics/political-nonprofits-must-now-name-many-of-their-donors-under-federal-court-ruling-after-supreme-court-declines-to-intervene/2018/09/18/851ea210-bb72-11e8-9812-a389be6690af_story.html
nytimes.com/2014/12/07/magazine/who-wants-to-buy-a-politician.html?_r=5
nationalreview.com/2018/11/midterm-elections-money-in-politics-panic-overblown
politico.com/news/2019/12/23/trump-campaign-compete-against-groups-money-089454
metrocosm.com/2016-election-spending
propublica.org/article/irs-political-dark-money-groups-501c4-tax-regulation
opensecrets.org/news/2019/02/somp3-billion-dollar-dark-money-tip-of-the-iceberg

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Video Credits -
Stock Footage from Dreamstime.com
youtube.com/watch?v=JKp-zc_d8hc
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Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad
mwcotten.com
Spotify ► open.spotify.com/album/0zCYP8rPoTWYoldR70bIiI
Amazon ► amzn.to/2zbsfHd

Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat
twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe

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Hashtags: #politics #election #campaignfinance #superpac #pac #campaignfinancereform #political #citizensunited #softmoney #darkmoney #contribution #election2020

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