Crossing Boundaries: Out-of-State Influence in American State-Level Direct Democracy Campaigns

• In Event: The Consequences of Federalism in the US

Brief Overview

Do direct democracy elections reflect the politics of the people? Using a novel dataset of campaign contributions from all 26 applicable states, I argue that out-of-state interest in direct democracy campaigns adds a new perspective to this question.

Author

• Madison Lehua Schroder, University of Oregon