Anti-Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI:10.1111/lsq.12447

Rachel Funk Fordham

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Abstract

Does money in politics affect democratic performance? I study the effect of the Supreme Court's 2010 landmark decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which struck down existing state bans on independent campaign expenditures, on democracy in the U.S. states. Results from a difference-in-differences design indicate that the Citizens United ruling had a substantial negative effect on state democratic performance and that this effect is largely independent of the effect of Republican party control identified by previous research. The results suggest that unlimited political spending may pose a threat to the health of democracy in the United States.

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反民主影响：联合花旗党对各州民主表现的影响

政治中的金钱会影响民主表现吗？我研究了最高法院 2010 年在 "花旗联合诉联邦选举委员会 "一案中做出的具有里程碑意义的判决对美国各州民主的影响，该判决推翻了各州对独立竞选支出的现有禁令。差异设计的结果表明，"花旗联合 "案的裁决对各州的民主表现产生了巨大的负面影响，而且这种影响在很大程度上独立于以往研究中发现的共和党控制的影响。结果表明，无限制的政治支出可能会对美国民主的健康发展构成威胁。

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Legislative Studies Quarterly POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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2.60

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期刊介绍： The Legislative Studies Quarterly is an international journal devoted to the publication of research on representative assemblies. Its purpose is to disseminate scholarly work on parliaments and legislatures, their relations to other political institutions, their functions in the political system, and the activities of their members both within the institution and outside. Contributions are invited from scholars in all countries. The pages of the Quarterly are open to all research approaches consistent with the normal canons of scholarship, and to work on representative assemblies in all settings and all time periods. The aim of the journal is to contribute to the formulation and verification of general theories about legislative systems, processes, and behavior.