Campaign finance contributions may influence policy by affecting elections or influencing the choices of politicians once in office. To study the trade-offs between these two paths to influence, we us
[This is a post-publication review symposium] In an era of ‘post-truth’ politics, where reports of ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ dominate the mass media, it is fitting that we should pay more at
The dataset is a summary of the donors of 7 vice presidential candidates, as declared in their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) for the May 2022 National and Local Elections.