Module 2: How Money Gets into Politics
How does private wealth get into politics? In this module we will examine the basics of elections and money.
- ReadBecome An Expert.
- Read the following excerpts from Jay Mandle’s bookCreating Political Equality: Elections as a Public Good:
Chapter 1 – The Theory of Elections as a Public Good
Chapter 5 – The Crisis of Climate Change
Chapter 6 – The Crisis of the Economy
Chapter 8 – Creating a Social Movement
- Money in Politics affects all the issues we care about. Every issue we face in this country is in some way connected to the influence of private money in politics. Helping student advocates for a variety of issues understand the importance of money in politics is an essential goal of Democracy Matters. These readings will help you address these connections.
Explore these links to find out how campaign money affects these hot-button issues and why we need real reform: education, environment, women’s rights, civil rights, the economy, poverty.
Then read these Why Everyone Should Care About Money in Politics.
- Read these flyers to continue to link Fair Elections to hot-button issues.
Fair Elections – Environment
Fair Elections – Healthcare
Next – Module #3: Clean Money Solutions
Back – Module #1: Trends and Problems With Money in Politics