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| soft money definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes. now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state or local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts. | 13 sets | |
| 2 | political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the united states regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee) | 8 sets | |
| 3 | contributions to a state or local party for party-building purposes. | 7 sets | |
| 4 | unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for party-building purposes. now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts | 7 sets | |
| 5 | funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate | 7 sets | |
| 6 | money distributed form a national political party organization that wasn ot regulated by law; restricted by the bipartisan campaign finance reform act of 2002 | 6 sets | |
| 7 | funds to aid parties | 5 sets | |
| 8 | political parties solicit unlimited funds from individuals, corporations, spend on voter registration campaigns and get-out the-vote drives and "not on behalf of specific candidates" | 5 sets | |
| 9 | political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising. unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits. | 5 sets | |
| 10 | political parties can solicit unlimited funds from individuals, corporations, and unions, provided that they spend the money on local party activities such as voter registration campaigns and get-out-the-vote drives and not on behalf of specific candidates | 4 sets | |
| 11 | money contributed directly to political parties for voter registration and organization | 4 sets | |
| 12 | funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate | 4 sets | |
| 13 | political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grass-roots level or for generic party advertising. unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits. for a time, such contributions were unlimited, until they were banned by the mccain-feingold act. | 3 sets | |
| 14 | political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising. unlike money that goes to the campaign of a particular candidate, such party donations are not subject to contribution limits. for a time, such contributions were unlimited, until they were banned by the mccain-feingold act. | 2 sets | |
| 15 | funds given by national committee to state committees for party building activitees | 2 sets | |
| 16 | the virtually unregulated money funneled by individuals and political committees through state and local parties. | 2 sets | |
| 17 | funds obtained by political parties that are spent on party activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives, but not on behalf of a specific candidate. | 2 sets | |
| 18 | money given to state and local party organizations for voting-related activities | 2 sets | |
| 19 | money not regulated by federal law, used by political parties for general expenses | 2 sets | |
| 20 | funds to aid parties and their ads and polls | 2 sets | |
| 21 | campaign contributions that are not donated directly to candidates, but are instead donated to parties. | 2 sets | |
| 22 | political donations made to parties for the purpose of general party maintenance and support, such as get out the vote campaigns, issue advocacy, and advertisements that promote the party (but not individual candidates). soft money contributions to political parties were banned in 2002 by the bipartisan campaign reform act | 2 sets | |
| 23 | the virtually unregulated money funneled by individuals and political committees through state and local parties | 2 sets | |
| 24 | money that is raised and spent for party-building activities | 2 sets | |
| 25 | money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party buildling purposes; now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts | 1 set | |
| 26 | campaign contributions given to political parties rather that directly to candidates | 1 set | |
| 27 | contributed by interest groups, labor unions and individual donors-not subject to federal regulation | 1 set | |
| 28 | money spent on party activities rather than specific candidates that does not need to be reported to the federal election commission | 1 set | |
| 29 | unlimited amounts of money that political parties previously could raise for partybuilding purposes. now largely illegal except for limited contributions to state and local parties for voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts. | 1 set | |
| 30 | money given to state and local party campaigns for voting related activities | 1 set | |
| 31 | funds funneled through the system by political parties and political advocacy groups | 1 set | |
| 32 | funds spent on party activities, but not of the candidates themselves | 1 set | |
| 33 | money, not regulated by federal law, used by political parties for general expenses. | 1 set | |
| 34 | unrestricted and unregulated legal campaign contributions made to political parties and intended for party development. significant abuses of these contributions were discovered during the 1996 election | 1 set | |
| 35 | money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations. | 1 set | |
| 36 | political contributions earmarked for party-building expenses at the grassroots level or for generic party advertising. such party contributions are not subject to contribution limits. | 1 set | |
| 37 | funds to aid parties and their ads and polls. | 1 set | |
| 38 | money used by political parties for voter registration, public education, and voter mobilization, until 2002 when congress passed legislation outlawing it, the government had imposed no limits on contributions or expenditures for such purposes | 1 set | |
| 39 | funds solicited from individuals, corporations, and unions that are spent on party activities, such as voter registration campaigns and voting drives, rather than on behalf of a specific candidate. | 1 set | |
| 40 | money directed to a candidate indirectly, by means of "party expenses" to circumvent campaign rules | 1 set | |