Brian Schaffner

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    Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.

Campaign finance laws may be making political polarization worse by encouraging ‘purist’ donors.

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Many Americans have become increasingly concerned over the role of money in politics, and back more populist approaches to reducing political donations. Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner, authors of Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail, argue that populist approaches such as imposing low contribution limits on parties, distort the campaign finance system in ways […]

Public support for the ‘Ground Zero mosque’ is low, no matter the proposed location.

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In 2010, a debate erupted about plans to construct a mosque (as part of a larger multicultural center) approximately two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City, with opposition centering around the perceived insensitivity of locating such a building so close to Ground Zero. Brian Schaffner looks at whether distance was, in fact, an important factor influencing citizens’ opposition […]

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