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The 2020 election cycle saw not only a polarizing president run for re-election amidst a global pandemic, but also record levels of spending on campaigns for the White House and for Congress. In this volume, experts examine a wide range of topics about the financing of campaigns in 2020 and place the election in broader historical context.

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Financing the 2020 Election is a worthy addition to the venerable series Herbert E. Alexander began in 1960. I raise my glass in hearty congratulations to the editors, Molly Reynolds and John Green, to the new and repeat contributors, and to OpenSecrets for providing the data. They have covered the ground well. Anyone with a professional interest in U.S. elections will want to consult this volume regularly - not only for its information and analysis of one election, but for placing the election in a consistent context, as well as providing a new baseline for looking ahead. Salut! --Michael J. Malbin, Professor (emeritus) of political science, University at Albany (SUNY), Co-founder and executive director (retired), Campaign Finance Institute In Financing the 2020 Election, Molly Reynolds, John Green, and other experts, provide a detailed and data rich examination of how candidates, parties, interest groups and individuals spent money to influence the election outcome. The 2020 contest saw a surge in limited and disclosed contributions but also unlimited and sometimes undisclosed spending, especially in competitive contests. The scope of this volume permits the reader to understand this complicated landscape. As with prior volumes in this series, the book also assesses prospects for reform. --David B. Magleby, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University

Financing the 2020 Election is a worthy addition to the venerable series Herbert E. Alexander began in 1960. I raise my glass in hearty congratulations to the editors, Molly Reynolds and John Green, to the new and repeat contributors, and to OpenSecrets for providing the data. They have covered the ground well. Anyone with a professional interest in U.S. elections will want to consult this volume regularly - not only for its information and analysis of one election, but for placing the election in a consistent context, as well as providing a new baseline for looking ahead. Salut! In Financing the 2020 Election, Molly Reynolds, John Green, and other experts, provide a detailed and data rich examination of how candidates, parties, interest groups and individuals spent money to influence the election outcome. The 2020 contest saw a surge in limited and disclosed contributions but also unlimited and sometimes undisclosed spending, especially in competitive contests. The scope of this volume permits the reader to understand this complicated landscape. As with prior volumes in this series, the book also assesses prospects for reform.

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John C. Green is distinguished professor of political science and emeritus director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron. He has written extensively on American campaign finance, political parties, religion, and politics. He is editor of The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of American Politics Parties (2022), now in its ninth edition, and coauthor of Secular Surge (2021). Molly E. Reynolds is senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution. She studies Congress, with an emphasis on congressional rules and procedure, the congressional budget process, and congressional reform. She is the author of the book Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate (2017), which explores creation, use, and consequences of the budget reconciliation process and other procedures that prevent filibusters in the U.S. Senate.

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