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Essay / Problems Within Political Campaigns - 483
Problems Within Political CampaignsIn today's political campaigns there are problems. One of the problems in campaigns today is “soft money.” I think another problem we should address is candidates who promise to get elected and then don't deliver on those promises. A final problem to resolve concerns the way in which candidates are elected. The first problem in today's election campaigns concerns campaign contributions. People can only donate a certain amount of money to a candidate themselves, so they donate money to the candidate's political party. This money cannot go to the candidate, so the political party uses this money to pay for advertisements, phone calls, and other tedious expenses it can pay for in support of its candidate. This type of campaign contribution is called "soft money" and legislation is being developed to prevent candidates from using "soft money" during their legislative term. This problem must be fixed by either making "soft money" contributions illegal or by saying that candidates cannot use "soft money" to help pay for their expenses. ...