Money (and Politics) in Both Parties

Underlying the continuing financial advantage of the Republican party over the Democratic party are changes in the sources of cash for each party that have significant consequences for both policy and candidates. For the Democratic party, the pressure to raise money from the restricted sources available to it are functioning to push the party to the right. For the GOP, the changing pattern of fund-raising is more ambivalent, although key sources of money for both the party’s right wing ...