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Financing 2008

REALITY CHECK:
Obama Received About the Same Percentage from Small Donors in 2008 as Bush in 2004

Additional comments by Michael Malbin, here.

See Previous Presidential reports here.


Party Conventions

The Future Agenda

Rethinking the Campaign Finance Agenda by Michael J. Malbin (April, 2008)

CFI has been a leading source of scholarship on presidential public financing. We are preparing new work on the subject now. For past reports, click here.

CFI's Small Donor Project

Do Small Donors Improve Representation? Some Answers from Recent Gubernatorial and State Legislative Elections (August 2008 APSA paper)

Ups and Downs of Small Donors: An Analysis of Pre- and Post-BCRA Contributions to Federal Candidates and Parties, 1999-2006

Small Donors and Online Giving: A Study of Donors to the 2004 Presidential Campaigns.

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Senate Electronic Disclosure

The Senate Campaign Disparity Act (S. 223) would require Senate candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically. Read More