Citizens United vs. FEC. on the Political Policies of U.S. Senators

Authors

  • Priya Shah West Essex Regional High School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v11i3.3827

Keywords:

Citizens United, SCOTUS, Campaign Finance

Abstract

The increase in corporate political donations brought by Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee (2010) has given businesses more power. Using regression analysis, I analyzed the proportions of PAC donations from businesses to incumbent senators re-elected in 2018 and 2020 in order to determine a relationship between contributions to senators and political ideology scores. Republicans were largely unaffected by the portion of business PAC donations they received, but Democratic senators who received a larger portion of PAC donations from businesses became more neutral than Democratic senators who did not receive such a high percentage of corporate PAC donations. 

 

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Published

08-31-2022

How to Cite

Shah, P. (2022). Citizens United vs. FEC. on the Political Policies of U.S. Senators. Journal of Student Research, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v11i3.3827

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AP Capstone™ Research