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Should there be a limit to the amount of money a candidate can receive from a donor?

In the U.S. a citizen may give $2,700 per election to a federal candidate, $5,000 per year to a PAC, $10,000 per year to a State or local party committee and $33,400 per year to a national party. Citizens and corporations may give unlimited amounts to a Super PAC. A Super PAC is freed from traditional campaign finance laws as long as it does not fund a candidate or campaign or coordinate directly with a campaign how to spend donations.

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Response rates from 193k Canada voters.

73%
Yes
27%
No
66%
Yes
21%
No
6%
Yes, politicians should not be bought by wealthy donors
5%
No, as long as all donations are public knowledge
2%
Yes, and ban all political donations and publicly fund elections
1%
No, this is a violation of free speech

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 @BCDN993from Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, we should also ban political donations while having known public donations to those who choose to donate to a candidate with a limit of $25,000 per year and a minimum of $10 per year for those who would want to donate but have financial struggles.

 @B9874PVfrom British Columbia  answered…6mos6MO

No, this is violation of real freedom of speech and why aren’t people recognizing real freedom of speech

 @B5GPN3Cfrom Quebec  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, if the receive funds from international sources (which should be illegal), and/or if they receive funding from any government agent or business.

 @B6NHHLTfrom Ontario  answered…10mos10MO

system with full disclosure of all donations but with few limits on the amount of money a person can donate

 @B528Z6Jfrom British Columbia  answered…1yr1Y

Lobbying needs to be banned completely. Each party should recieve equal government funds, any extra comes from fund raising on their own.

 @B4Z47RCfrom Manitoba  answered…1yr1Y

No, whatever politicians are more likely to win and therefore should receive more funding so that they can do the things they want to do. Donations over $10, 000 should be made public though.

 @B3YW962from Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, ban all political donations and do NOT publicly fund elections. There should be ZERO money involved.

 @B293PLFfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes and no. What people do with their earned money is their business but maybe putting a cap on monthly/yearly donations.

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