Over the Past 20 Years, Interest Groups and Individual Companies

question 48

Multiple Choice

Over the past 20 years, interest groups and individual companies have worked to find ways to support candidates through campaign donations, with which of the following results?

• A) Congress has passed more laws to increase restrictions on contributions from big business.
• B) Candidates have tried to distance themselves from these groups to avoid the appearance of complicity.
• C) Candidates have become dependent on these donations to run increasingly expensive campaigns.
• D) Candidates have chosen to decline these campaign donations because accepting public money appears more ethical to voters.
• E) Congress has passed more laws to increase restrictions on contributions from liberal interest groups.

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