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Does Money Really Buy Elections?

Mar 09, 2016 | 9 videos
Video by The Atlantic

Campaign finance in the aftermath of the Citizens United ruling has been complicated—but what has been the impact of super PACs in the 2016 election? The Atlantic’s Caty Green sat down with senior associate editor Russell Berman to discuss the difference between PACs and super PACs, and to untangle to messy rules of financing elections.

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Authors: Greyson Korhonen, Catherine Green

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