Questions Concerning Public Financing of Campaigns

Please complete and email to Benjamin Wyatt at bwyattgreene@wesleyan.edu

Name: _____________________________________________

State: ______________________________________________

Year of Public Finance Implementation: ___________________________________________________

Your Position at the Time of Implementation: ___________________________________________________

2. What was the problem which public financing was intended to address? (Was it a long-term chronic issue or a recent short-term issue?)

(Please mark 1, 2, and 3 in order of importance)

1. ___ To reduce corruption
2. ___ To improve public perception of politics, politicians, or government.
3. ___ To increase equality or equal opportunity in the political system
4. ___ To achieve specific political/electoral goals or advantages
5. ___ To achieve specific policy goals or advantages
6. ___ To improve the "quality of life" or "quality of service" of politicians
7. ___ To create more competition in elections
8. ___ To reduce the cost of campaigns
9. ___ Other (specify)

5. Were there particular leaders who played a critical role in the adoption of public campaign finance?

7. Were there any unintended consequences of this public campaign finance measure?

9. Who else should I speak with about these issues? (please include email addresses if you have them)

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