No transparency, no limits and no controls are now the norm in elections due to shadow fundraising | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

When the Supreme Court struck down campaign fundraising restrictions in 2010, critics feared it would lead to out-of-control corporate and labor union spending in political races, drowning candidates’ messages in a wave of outside cash. The latest political fundraising reports, however, show that while an unprecedented amount of money is indeed flooding the campaign system, the…