Campaign Spending



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Overheads 10 September 2002
Overheads 12 September 2002
Overheads 17 and 19 September 2002
Summary: Changes in Congress 1947 - 2002
Figures From Poole and Rosenthal, Chapter 2
Figures From Stewart Chapter 1
The 107th Congress and the Iraq War Resolution
The Ideological Structure of Congressional Voting
The Polarization of the Congressional Parties
Voting in the Roman Senate
The Paradox of Voting
The Powell Amendment
McKelvey's "Chaos" Theorem
Turnout in Elections
Progressive Ambition

Campaign Spending in House Races, 1980 - 1998 (1999 Dollars)
The Cost of Winning a House Election, 1986 - 2000 (2000 Dollars)
The Cost of Winning a Senate Election, 1986 - 2000 (2000 Dollars)
The Cost to Defeat a House Incumbent, 1984 - 2000
Percentage of Incumbents' Campaign Monies From PACS, 1984 - 2000
Percentage of Non-Incumbents' Campaign Monies From PACS, 1984 - 2000
Party Contributions and Coordinated Expenditures, 1976 - 2000
Independent Expenditures in Congressional Elections, 1978 - 2000
Soft Money Spending by the National Political Parties
All Soft Money Spending
The Effect of Buckley v. Valeo (1976) (Table 6.3 Stewart)
The Growth of PACs by Type (Table 6.4 Stewart)
Contributions of PACs by Type (Table 6.5 Stewart)
Sources of 1998 House Campaign Monies (Table 6.6 Stewart)
Campaign Spending and the Vote in House Races in 1996 (Figure 6.9 Stewart)