Corporations can’t afford to stop donations to candidates, even those who still support Trump.

Smith, Melissa M. (2022) Corporations can’t afford to stop donations to candidates, even those who still support Trump. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (17 Jan 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

After the January 6, 2021 US Capitol insurrection, many companies stopped their donations to candidates who supported President Trump and other enablers of the attack. Melissa M. Smith writes that the need for effective lobbying by these companies means that these donations were only paused. As we head into a midterm election year, and with campaign finance reform still mostly stalled, large companies now face the dilemma of whether to back Trump and his supporters in their own interest, or potentially lose their influence in Washington DC.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2022 14:57
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114249

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