Question

In 1972, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act. This act requires political candidates to reveal the sources of their campaign contributions. The DISCLOSE Act of 2010 was proposed to adjust the Federal Election Campaign Act to limit sources of campaign contributions and require candidates to share even more information with the public.
Which of the following is most likely the main force behind these campaign reforms?

Special interest groups wanted to get credit for their campaign contributions to politicians.
Politicians wanted to show how diverse their contributors were.
Media outlets wanted to uncover political scandals concerning campaign contributions.
People were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.

Answer 1

People were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) People were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.

The main force behind these campaign reforms was that people were concerned about what groups were influencing politicians through their contributions.

In 1972, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act. This act requires political candidates to reveal the sources of their campaign contributions. The DISCLOSE Act of 2010 was proposed to adjust the Federal Election Campaign Act to limit sources of campaign contributions and require candidates to share even more information with the public.

Those acts were enacted because the American citizens were worried about the source of that amount of money that was being used for political campaigns. It was very important to know who is behind those contributions in order to avoid the presence of personal agendas or powerful business with agendas that want to promote a specific candidate. Nobody wanted another political machine such as Tammany Hall or another Boss Tweed, that could corrupt the government.