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One popular alternative is to have $X campaign funds provided by the government to candidates with $Y levels of popular support.

• ja30278 12y ago
  Begging the question of how candidates achieve the Y level of support. Either they are already well known figures (actors, athletes, etc), or they have to spend money to make themselves known.
  • samolang 12y ago
    Is knowing nothing about a candidate really any worse than knowing only what their paid advertisements tell you?
  • sp332 12y ago
    $Y is very low - usually a certain number of signatures.
• humanrebar 12y ago
  And you restrict political speech to campaigns only? How? Is that something we want to do? Can corporations run ads to support a candidate? If not, what's the difference between that and a New York Times (Inc.) editorial?