Most Americans see unlimited election spending as a threat to democracy: Poll

Most Americans see unlimited election spending as a threat to democracy: Poll

The vast majority of Americans — no matter their partisan identification — say unlimited political spending weakens democracy and wealthy donors have too much power in elections, a new national poll analyzed by OpenSecrets indicates.

And they’d like the government to do something about it.

Nearly 8 in 10 respondents agreed with the statement that “anti-corruption rules strengthen our democracy and constitutional rights by ensuring everyone has equal political representation, regardless of money,” according to the YouGov poll commissioned by the political watchdog group Issue One, which advocates for stricter money-in-politics regulations.

Just 1 in 10 respondents agreed with the statement that “anti-corru