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Majority Support Limited Public Financing

December 17, 2015 at 11:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

A new Democracy Corps survey finds 72% of Americans support a new law that would provide qualified candidate with limited public matching funds for small contributions they raise from constituents. Nearly four in ten (39%) strongly support this proposal.

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