1. Is Money the End of Democracy
"According to one study of the 1992 congressional elections, less than 1 percent of the population provided candidates with 77 percent of their money" (Jezer 2). ... 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, rathe...
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