Campaign finance Quote by Mark Shields

Ronald Reagan four times accepted the limits in contributions of what he could take, what he could spend, and the public funding for the…

— Mark Shields

The modern primary era began in 1972 on the Democratic side and in 1976 on the Republican side. Since then, hundreds of major candidates…

— Harry Enten

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders

It starts with campaign finance reform.

— Zack Space

“Another grave fault in our election system is that the campaigns are unduly strung out. [Election Administration in the United States, 1934, page 72]”

— Joseph P. Harris

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent…

— Anonymous

One vote. That's a big weapon you have there, Mister. In 1948, just one additional vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In…

— Paul Harvey

It was a very unusual year [2015]. You usually don't have five campaigns operating full time in a state this late into the process,…

— Marco Rubio

Until the 1980s, candidates spent a fraction of their time talking to donors; just a few weeks a year, a little more right before…

— Zephyr Teachout

I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the…

— Richard Painter

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

— Nate Silver

One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.

— Ed Gillespie