So many people vote that all interests are represented equally. The FEC was very lax in monitoring expenditures in those years. The AFL-CIO did not explicitly endorse or oppose particular candidates. At the time of the Revolution, every colony imposed some restriction on citizens right to vote. The women s suffrage movement grew directly out of the antislavery movement.
Politicians systematically ignore the poor because of that group s low turnout at the polls.
Those who view party identification as a psychological attribute argue that it is very stable and almost never changes throughout an individual s life. Money has been an integral part of the campaign process throughout American history. Any citizen who wants to invest any amount of money in campaign activities can find a legal way to do so. In a typical election year, half of House incumbents and virtually all of Senate incumbents face competitive challengers. As congressional incumbents campaign spending increases, so does their chance of losing the race.