Projects
Current projects at CFI include the CFI Participation Project: Strengthening Democracy Through Volunteers and Small Donors, post-Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act studies, and Soft Money in Elections. CFI Participation Project: Strengthening Democracy Through Volunteers and Small Donors,
The research being done in this project stems from a simple question.Would it not be useful to focus on strengthening participation by those who do not now give and to pursue equality through empowering those who do not usually participate as opposed to squeezing from the top? From this question has sprung the Small Donor Project and CFI's Donor Studies. The Small Donor Project looks at seven study states which are PA,OH, NY, CT, AZ,CO, IA, MN,and NV. CFI administered surveys of donors, non-donors and candidates. The initial findings were presented at the APSA Conference in August 2007. The paper that was presented focused on the preliminary results of the candidate surveys. CFI will be presenting preliminary results of the donor and non-donor surveys at the Midwest Political Science Association meeting in April.
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