Polling
Two years after Citizens United, voters fed up with money in politics (January 2012)
The latest survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and Public Campaign Action Fund shows that the Citizens United decision is intensely unpopular. Americans across all parties oppose the ruling; among all voters, 62 percent oppose the decision and nearly half (46 percent) strongly oppose it. More than half of all voters say they would support a constitutional amendment to reverse the opinion.
Small Businesses Reject Role of Money in Politics; View Citizens United Decision as Bad for Business (January 2012)
According to opinion polling released by the American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance and Small Business Majority, two-thirds of small business owners see this decision as bad for small business.
Three New Polls Find Overwheming Support for Maine's Clean Elections System (May 2011)
Maine People's Resource Center Public Opinion Survey - More than 70% of Mainers surveyed want to see the Clean Elections system continued and support was strong across all age groups and geographic areas measured and among both men and women.
Maine Voters on Campaign Funding, Disclosure, and Privacy (June 2010)
Maine voters express strong support for all dimensions of transparency in Maine's campaign finance law according to a poll commissioned by Maine Citizens for Clean Elections last April. Click on the above link to download the poll and click here to read a summary of the findings.
Protecting Democracy from Unlimited Corporate Spending (June 2010)
An important new poll commissioned by People For the American Way shows that Americans of every political stripe resoundingly reject the Roberts Court's dangerous decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which opened the floodgates of unlimited corporate cash in our elections.
Maine Voters Show Strong Support for Clean Elections (June 2009)
Portland, ME -Maine voters have affirmed their strong support for the state's first-in-the nation Clean Elections system. According to new poll results released today by Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE), three out of four Maine voters said they want candidates for governor to use Maine's Clean Election law, and a majority say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who used the Clean Election system. Click here to read summary report of Critical Insights Spring 2008 Tracking Survey
National Poll Finds Broad Voter Support of Public Financing for Congressional Races (February 2009)
Lake Research Partners and The Tarrance Group recently released results from a new national, bipartisan poll finding that "voters strongly support a proposal to address the influence of big money and lobbyists in Congress by providing qualified candidates limited public funding in exchange for their accepting no large contributions."
Maine Voters Affirm Support of Public Financing System (August 2008)
Maine voters affirmed their strong support for the state’s public financing system for gubernatorial candidates according to poll results released today by Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE). When asked whether candidates for governor should use Maine’s Clean Election law, 82 percent of Mainers polled said “Yes,” and self-described “likely voters” were significantly more likely to support the law than those who do not typically vote. In addition, three-fifths of Maine residents said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate for governor who participated in Maine’s Clean Election program. Click here to read summary report of Critical Insights Spring 2008 Tracking Survey.
