1. Campaign Financing

2. Campaign Financing Where does the money Come from?

3. Preview Activity:
Should individuals, businesses and interest groups be able to donate as much money as they want to candidates and political campaigns?

4. Testable Information:
Look at page 16 in your interactive notebook packet. Fill in the notes as we discuss them.

5. Campaign Contributions & Costs:

6. Special Interest Group: people with similar interests who join together to influence public policy and elections
Political Action Committee (PAC): formed by corporations, unions, and interest groups to raise money to influence elections.

7. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Running for Political Office is ____________________.
expensive

8. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Campaign Costs are Rising and Causing the Following:

9. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Require candidates to conduct extensive ______-________ activities.
Fund
Raising

10. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
_______ opportunities to run for public office.
Limit
Vs.

11. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Give an advantage to _________ individuals who run for office.
wealthy

13. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Encourage the development of ___________ _________ _________________ (____s)
Political
Action
Committees
PAC

14. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Give Issue-Oriented __________ __________ __________ increased influence.
Special
Interest
Groups

15. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
The high cost of getting __________ has changed campaigning for public office and has led to efforts to reform _______________ _____________ ________
elected
Campaign
Finance
Laws

16. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
Reform Means:
To change

17. Campaign Contributions & Costs:
______ have been placed on the amount individuals may contribute to political candidates and campaigns.
Limits

18. Processing Activity:
Look at the bottom of page Complete the Processing Activity using your notes.