1. Is Money the End of Democracy
Politicians spend too much time raising campaign money instead of devoting their full energies to the duties of public office. ... Outside of the legislative process, the millions of dollars given to candidates help control one of the largest agents of "political socialization, mass media, the main source in which people conceive their political views" (Patterson 181). During heated campaigns, candidates who have financial resources flood the airwaves with ads: "In recent decades, studies show that citizens say television is their main source of news, rather than the newspaper" (Patterson 21...
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