Big Money, Small Races

Since Citizens United, super PACs have poured billions of dollars into elections. A new book argues that outside money has its biggest impact in local races, where voters know the least.

美國最高法院推翻政黨競選支出上限後，巨額資金湧入地方選舉，但政治學者Schatzinger的研究表明，外部資金的效果取決於選民掌握信息的多少，而非花錢的多少。紐約2025年市長初選中Mamdani把對手的巨額攻擊轉化為競選資源，說明信息越透明，金錢的力量越有限。