Books written by Melissa M. Smith

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  Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game

  Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game provides an in-depth look at the history of political campaign finance reform with special emphasis on legislative, FEC, and federal court actions from the 1970s to present.

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  Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game

  Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game provides an in-depth look at the history of political campaign finance reform with special emphasis on legislative, FEC, and federal court actions from the 1970s to present.

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  Dark Money, Super PACs, and the 2012 Election

  For instance, in the first three weeks of October in Montana, more than 25,000 ads were aired in the Senate race between Democrat John Tester and Republican challenger Danny Rehberg.33 This was the highest number of Senate ads aired ...

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  Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game

  There is a body of evidence which suggests that negative information may be retrieved with greater ease than positive information . The other advantage of negative ads is that they are often more cost efficient than positive spots .

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  Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades: Modern Challenges to the Two-Party System in Presidential Elections

  Third Parties, Outsiders, and Renegades analyzes 10 third-party, outsider, or renegade presidential candidates and explores each one's impact on the political process.