Who Needs the Wealthy? The Effects of Size Scaling on Money in Senate Elections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6183085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Keena (0000-0003-1197-6546, Virginia Commonwealth University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-252 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Congress & the Presidency (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-3469 • E-ISSN: 1944-1053 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07343469.2019.1572673 |
| OpenAlex | W2944001312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 41 |
A large body scholarship demonstrates that the population size of an electoral district affects elections in important ways, yet little is known about the implications of population size for campaigning and fundraising. I posit that the challenges of running a campaign in a populous electorate require candidates to focus their fundraising efforts on the wealthy. I analyze campaign finance records published by the Federal Election Commission during the 2006–2014 Senate elections and find that Senate candidates running in large states receive fewer donations per capita from in-state donors, but they tend to receive larger donations on average and more money from contributions of $1,500 and above. In sum, candidates running in populous states appear to rely upon comparably smaller pools of wealthy constituents writing larger checks to finance their campaigns. In the context of rising campaign costs, these findings suggest that constituency population growth may exacerbate representational inequalities between citizens and contribute to the growing influence of the wealthy in U.S. politics
Campaign finance · Commission · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Per capita · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |