Cost of Political Campaigns: Campaign Finance in the U.S., Part 1

Описание: Today we begin a special series adapted from the Strengthening Democracy in America Series, a free online course on the American political system that you can find at Learn.civiced.org.

In this series, Dr. Diana Owen, a professor of political science and director and principal investigator of the Civic Education Research Lab at Georgetown University, explains some of the more complicated aspects of our political process: campaign finance. To start, we cover the cost and reasons for these increasing costs.

60-Second Civics, Episode 4872: May 2, 2023

Subscribe and take the Daily Civics Quiz at http://civiced.org/60-second-civics

The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com.