1.0Democracy Mattershttps://www.democracymatters.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.democracymatters.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-money-in-politics-2/overview/the-politics-of-democracy-an-empirical-analysis/">The Politics of Democracy: An Empirical Analysis</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.democracymatters.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-money-in-politics-2/overview/the-politics-of-democracy-an-empirical-analysis/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“The Politics of Democracy: An Empirical Analysis” — Democracy Matters" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>http://www.democracymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/politics table 1.jpg353310By Jay Mandle,Co-Founder of Democracy Matters and W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics, Colgate UniversityPreliminary Draft, August 20, 2003Please do not cite or quote without the permission of the author. Money and VotesIn an electoral democracy, politics depends upon money and votes. But in the absence of public financing of electoral efforts, attracting voters requires […]