Abstract

Since 1980,“soft money”has been increasingly involved in American election campaigns, giving an effective inst rument to political candidates. The American system of representative democracy has been seriously challenged by this phenomenon ,especially because the“soft money”result s in enormous political corruption. Heated debates over the legislation for soft money
have continued in the United States but no agreement has yet been reached. However , the U. S. government has clearly realized that they must regulate the soft money through legislation so as to plug the holes in the democracy system. But this will take a long time to realize.

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