{"id":4203,"date":"2016-09-20T13:36:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2016-09-20T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:36:36","slug":"campaign-finance-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/campaign-finance-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Finance in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s presidential race has been weird in a lot of ways, and it&#8217;s been outside the expectations box in terms of Campaign Finance, too. \u00a0That&#8217;s partly because the GOP candidate is not to the liking of some of the big money on that side (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-koch-idUSKCN10C2W8\">the Koch brothers come to mind<\/a>).<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oABt-UqdUDw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s not to say that money has suddenly ceased to exert an inordinate (and unhealthy)\u00a0influence in our politics. \u00a0Those same Koch brothers, for instance, are pouring millions into other races (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/08\/19\/490536965\/koch-network-building-a-senate-wall-against-trump\">Senate races<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/koch-backed-group-targets-democrats-3-senate-races\/\">Nevada, Ohio and\u00a0Pennsylvania<\/a>, for instance), and those dollars are certain to warp the results. \u00a0As I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/ej-dionne-the-next-health-care-debate\/\">argued before in these pages<\/a>, the Koch brothers and their allies are &#8220;smart, determined and have the deep pockets to keep investing in their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/koch-brothers\">small, self-serving view of the world<\/a> until they bring it into reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why efforts to diminish the influence of money in our politics are so crucial, whether or not they&#8217;re in the presidential headlines. \u00a0Hillary Clinton supports a wide range\u00a0of proposals\u00a0aimed at &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/briefing\/factsheets\/2015\/09\/08\/restore-integrity-to-elections\/\">Restor[ing] Integrity to America&#8217;s Elections<\/a>,&#8221; 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