Issue Position: Getting Money Out of Politics

Any candidate for public office can tell you what takes the most time, effort, and attention in a campaign: money. Money makes for effective campaigns, and as a result, it ends up consuming far too much of the time and energy in campaigns. Public funding would level the playing field in politics, allowing candidates to focus on what's really important: talking to their voters and eventual constituents about what's going on in the community and the households of these individuals. Without these discussions it is far too easy for politicians to lose sight of what a community needs and what the public wants. The ability of some communities to raise money and therefore produce viable candidates also blocks members from underrepresented communities from running for office and expanding the diversity of elected bodies.

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