Seventy-four percent of U. Subscribe to the Gallup News brief and real time alerts. Stay up to date with our latest insights. What average Americans would say in a letter to their elected representatives. Notice: JavaScript is not enabled. Please Enable JavaScript Safely. Foreign Trade: Opportunity or Threat to the U. Sign Up. This year, the incoming House of Representatives is poised to pass the most sweeping democracy reform legislation since at least the post-Watergate reforms of the s.
John Sarbanes D-MD , the head of the House Democracy Reform Task Force, have made clear that one of their first legislative priorities will be to pass changes to campaign finance, ethics, and voting rules. They will do so with the overwhelming backing of the House Democratic caucus, including a substantial number of new members who campaigned on the need to reject special interests and restore public faith in American democracy. As the chart below shows, close to half of the members in the entering House have already committed, on the record, to following through on that message by passing a series of major reforms.
The source of every dollar spent on political ads would be disclosed. Foreign and special interests would be barred from certain types of political activity. Voting would be easier and more accessible than ever before. Many House candidates—both new and old—already made an important down payment on these policy promises. They have gone out of their way to raise small contributions from regular people rather than large donations from special interests. In fact, House candidates in the midterm elections went so far as to reject corporate PAC money entirely, sending a strong message about their opposition to the special-interest-fueled status quo that distorts policymaking in favor of wealthy Americans and corporations.
Far from hurting their campaigns, making clear that they will not be beholden to special interests has helped inspire small-donor support; through October 17th, candidates in competitive districts who made this pledge had already raised on average percent more than what the winning candidate in their district raised in the midterms. Foreign Trade. Company Corporate Trends. Defence National International Industry. International UAE. Saudi Arabia. US Elections World News.
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