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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787875603321

Autore

Smith Melissa M. <1963->

Titolo

Dark money, super PACs, and the 2012 election / / Melissa M. Smith and Larry Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4985-3215-2

0-7391-8542-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Collana

Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Disciplina

324.7/80973090512

Soggetti

Campaign funds - United States

Political action committees - United States

Presidents - United States - Election - 2012

United States Politics and government 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: The Genesis of Super PACs in the 2010 Midterm Elections; Chapter Two: Major Super PACs and Supporters: An Overview; Chapter Three: The Republican Primaries: Mitt Romney and Restore Our Future; Chapter Four: Democratic Super PACs Active in the 2012 Republican Primary; Chapter Five: Major Democratic Super PACs in General Election; Chapter Six: President Barack Obama and Priorities USA Action; Chapter Seven: Not-For-Profit Super PACs; Chapter Eight: Major Republican Super PACs

Chapter Nine: Romney and Restore Our Future 2: The General ElectionChapter Ten: Karl Rove and American Crossroads; Chapter Eleven: Lone Mavericks; Chapter Twelve: Looking Back, Looking Forward: Conclusions and Discussion; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book helps identify and explain how the new federal campaign finance rules changed the way campaigns were run and paid for in 2012, along with shifting the balance of power from political parties to third-party interest groups.