Soft Money in the United States
Soft Money
A description about Soft Money is available here: See Hard money/Soft money.
Concept of Soft Money
In the U.S., in the context of Voting, Campaigns and Elections Soft Money has the following meaning: Soft money refers to funds raised in unlimited amounts by national party organizations outside the limits and restrictions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). Though now banned, national parties used soft money through 2002 to pay for party building activities in state and local elections and to help defray party organizational overhead, e.g., administrative costs and fundraising expenses. (Source of this definition of Soft Money : University of Texas)
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- Voting
- Campaigns
- Elections