POLL: 56% Favor Regulation of Campaign Contributions, But 88% Say Special Interests Likely To Get Around It

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The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ruling this fall that could loosen restrictions on contributions to political campaigns in a major way, but 56% of U.S. voters believe the federal government should regulate how much money [very wealthy] individuals can give to political campaigns.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 25% don’t believe the government should regulate campaign contributions. Nineteen percent (19%) are not sure.

But 88% say it’s at least somewhat likely that special interest groups will find ways to get money to politicians and influence their votes even if the government places limits on how much individuals can give to campaigns.

There is very little partisan disagreement on the need for campaign finance regulation or over the ability of special interests to get around that regulation.

However, an unusually high number of voters (40%) don’t know enough about the subject to have an opinion one way or the other.

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