Links:
Campaign Essentials - Follow the Money
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=3E1703A3-EE13-4753-83FD-0FEAFF61AD10&blnFromSearch=1
Essential Question: Is the way we fund elections a help or hindrance to the democratic process?
Key Questions:
1. Where does the money come from?
a. How is this changing?
b. Where does it go?
2. How does this process effect election? Politics?
3. What are the rules?
Key terms:
• Lobbyist
• McCain-Feingold
• Bundlers
• 527s
• Economy of scale
• Hard money
• Soft Money
How easy/hard is it to donate money? How has the web revolutionized fundraising?
Barack Obama http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
John McCain http://www.johnmccain.com