Today's campaign finance system operates like a wealth primary, an exclusionary process blocking equal and meaningful participation of voters and candidates based on their economic status. John Bonifaz argues that, for too long, we have talked about big money in politics as a First Amendment question with the focus on the purported rights of the wealthy to spend their money in our elections. It is time that Americans reframe the conversation. The wealth primary is the newest barrier to the right to vote and to the bedrock promise of political equality for all.
- Length: 00:05:30
- Producer: RepresentUs
- Series: Education < 10 min.
- Category: Educational