The Washington Post featured an op-ed by Abby Wood of the USC Gould School on what’s changed in campaign finance in the 10 years since the Citizens United ruling.
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Campaign Finance Transparency Affects Legislators’ Election Outcomes and Behavior Do audits by executive agencies impact the behavior of those audited? Does revealing negative information about legislators affect electoral results and…
The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Abby K. Wood of the USC Gould School about the use of dark money in political advertising. “When these groups run negative political advertising, viewers have no idea who…
Two former Congressmen discussed opportunities for bipartisan leadership and how to build political consensus. By: Yuming Fang Originally posted at USC Annenberg Media, October 22 at 5:12 PM Two men who…
Why Gridlock Rules Washington and How We Can Solve This Crisis A bipartisan lecture with former Congressmen David Jolly (R-FL) and Patrick Murphy (D-FL) moderated by Abby Wood, USC Gould…
Newsdayquoted Abby Woodof the USC Gould School on PAC money recipients. Abby Wood, an assistant professor of law, political science and public policy at the University of Southern California’s Gould…
PolitiFactquoted Abby Woodof the USC Gould School on campaign finance reform. In the post-Watergate 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case Buckley vs. Valeo, the court ruled that expenditures are First Amendment-protected political…
KPCC-FMquoted Abby Woodof the USC Gould School on the implications of In-N-Out’s political contributions. In California, it is much harder to do a so-called “dark money” expenditure than that on…
In an op-ed posted in The New York Times by a contributing writer, Abby K. Wood, USC Gould School, was quoted on the standard of acceptable behavior established by the Democratic Party. I’m struck…
Nieman Lab quoted Abby Wood of the USC Gould School on how current political advertising laws could be applied to reduce the negative impacts of fake news. A case for the U.S. government…