Financing the 2020 Election

John C. Green is distinguished professor of political science and emeritus director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron. He has written extensively on American campaign finance, political parties, religion, and politics. He is editor of The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of American Politics Parties (2022), now in its ninth edition, and coauthor of Secular Surge (2021).Molly E. Reynolds is senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution. She studies Congress, with an emphasis on congressional rules and procedure, the congressional budget process, and congressional reform. She is the author of the book Exceptions to the Rule: The Politics of Filibuster Limitations in the U.S. Senate (2017), which explores creation, use, and consequences of the budget reconciliation process and other procedures that prevent filibusters in the U.S. Senate.

In Financing the 2020 Election, Molly Reynolds, John Green, and other experts, provide a detailed and data rich examination of how candidates, parties, interest groups and individuals spent money to influence the election outcome. The 2020 contest saw a surge in limited and disclosed contributions but also unlimited and sometimes undisclosed spending, especially in competitive contests. The scope of this volume permits the reader to understand this complicated landscape. As with prior volumes in this series, the book also assesses prospects for reform.

• List of Tables and FiguresContributorsPreface and Acknowledgments1 Financing of the 2020 Election: Change and ContinuityMolly E. Reynolds and John C. Green2 The Regulatory Environment of the 2020 ElectionR. Sam Garrett3 Financing the 2020 Presidential ElectionsJohn C. Green4 Financing the 2020 Congressional ElectionsMolly E. Reynolds5 Party Money in the 2020 ElectionRobin Kolodny and Diana Dwyre6 Interest Group Money in the 2020 ElectionJay Goodliffe7 Political and Policy Implications of the 2020 ElectionRobert G. BoatrightIndex