02787nam 2200565 450 991079853700332120200520144314.01-62637-416-310.1515/9781626374164(CKB)3710000000769369(SSID)ssj0001696156(PQKBManifestationID)16542208(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001696156(PQKBWorkID)13094891(PQKB)25087830(MiAaPQ)EBC5255174(Au-PeEL)EBL5255174(CaPaEBR)ebr11505551(OCoLC)1022791299(DE-B1597)623429(DE-B1597)9781626374164(EXLCZ)99371000000076936920180222h20132013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPolitical giving making sense of individual campaign contributions /Bertram N. JohnsonBoulder, Colorado ;London, England :FirstForum Press,2013.©20131 online resource (157 pages) illustrations, charts, tablesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-935049-55-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Puzzle of Individual Giving -- 2. Competing Theories of Individual Participation -- 3. The History of U.S. Campaign Finance -- 4. How Modern Campaigns Appeal to Individual Contributors -- 5. How Members of Congress Build Their Fundraising Coalitions -- 6. What Survey Data Tells Us About Contributors -- 7. Why Do People Give? -- 8. Whither the Campaign Finance System? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the BookWhy do some 30 million people in the United States give money to political candidates and causes—even though most individual contributions are irrational from the perspective of a strict cost-benefit analysis? How do campaign fundraisers tap into potential donors' motivations? Exploring three decades of historical data and also drawing extensively on the insights of contemporary campaign directors and consultants, Bertram Johnson makes sense of why people give and considers what this means for the campaign finance system, and the quality of representation, in the United States.Campaign fundsUnited StatesElectionsUnited StatesCampaign fundsElections324.7/80973Johnson Bertram N.1491822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798537003321Political giving3713862UNINA