"Money in Politics explores the political fundraising of the 2020 presidential election from the primaries through the General Election, illustrating the importance of campaign fundraising and examining how campaign contributions are now a political topic in the 2020s"--.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Notes
• Chapter 1: Money as Communication: History of Campaign Finance and Regulation
  • Early Federal Campaign Finance Laws
  • Mid-Century Reforms to Campaign Finance Laws
  • The Rise of Campaign Reform and Its Limitations: 2000s to Present
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 2: Politicization of Campaign Fundraising: An Overview of Presidential Fundraising as a Political Issue from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump
  • Campaign Reform and Campaign Excess: Presidential Fundraising from Theodore Roosevelt through Franklin Roosevelt
  • Growing Costs in Presidential Campaigns: Campaign Fundraising from Truman to Nixon
  • Age of Reform to Age of Exemption: Fundraising from Ford to Trump
  • The Politicization of Money: Campaign Finance in the 2020s
  • Notes
• Chapter 3: Democratic Fundraising during 2020 Presidential Primary
  • Leading Up to 2020: Early Primary Fundraising 2019
  • Democratic Primary Fundraising during 2020
  • How Money Affected Eventual Selection of Democratic Nominee
  • Notes
• Chapter 4: Self-Funding in the 2020 Democratic Primary: Billionaire Candidates
  • Self-Finance Candidates: A History of Failure
  • Mike Bloomberg and the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
  • Tom Steyer and the Democratic Presidential Primary
  • Implications of Self-Funding and the 2020 Campaign
  • Notes
• Chapter 5: Building a War Chest: Trump’s Fundraising during Primary Season
  • Trump’s Reelection Announcement and Fundraising 2017–2019
  • Trump Fundraising During Primaries: From Iowa Caucuses to Convention
  • William Weld and Never Trumpers
  • Trump’s Fundraising’s Effect on General Election Strength
  • Notes
• Chapter 6: Joe Biden Fundraising: Nomination to General Election
  • Campaign Fundraising
  • Biden’s Fundraising during the Post-Convention
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 7: Donald Trump’s Fundraising in the General Election
  • Campaign Fundraising as a Political Issue
  • Trump’s Campaign Fundraising Post-Convention
  • Trump’s Fundraising with Party, Joint Committees, and PACs
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• Chapter 8: What Is the Value of Money in Politics?
  • Trends in Campaign Finance
  • Money in 2020: What Were the Main Takeaways?
  • Trump and Biden 2020: How Did Finances Impact Election Outcome?
  • What Is in the Future for Campaign Finance?
  • Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author