미국 중간 선거 (11월 4일) Republican Control of Both Chambers http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press http://sunday.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=35974 http://radio.ytn.co.kr/program/?f=2&id=32737&s_mcd=0263&s_hcd=01 Republican Control of Both Chambers AR, MT, SD, WV/ LA, AL IA, CO, NC KY, KS, GA GOP’s largest size of the majority party in the House Now comes the hard time; “governing” immigration (Obama agenda) trade agreements, tax reform, key stone pipeline (GOP agenda)
Money in Politics: Dirty? Dangerous? potential candidates mobilization (volunteers, staff, voters, etc) getting the message out (ex: TV ads, radio, the media market) getting-out-the-vote (“GOTV”) Money is necessary, but not sufficient!
Average Spent by Winning Challenger, 1974-2010 (미국의 경우)
Money in Election Campaigns Money does not guarantee victory, but helps a lot. “Public funding” in presidential elections Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), $62 million spent for Senate race Mayor Bloomberg (NY), $109 million spent for NY mayor Meg Whitman (R-CA), $141.5 million spent for CA governor Millionaire candidates in the 2010 election http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/millionaires.php?cycle=2010
Goldstein and Freedman (2000) Campaign spending subject to “diminishing returns” = the more dollars spent, the less gained by each additional $