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Question

One of the largest databases for tracking the outcomes of these funds is OpenSecrets, which includes 501(c)(4) spending. For 10 points each:

[10e] Political Action Committees allow the wealthy to circumvent FEC limits on what funds used to support political campaigns?

ANSWER: donations [or campaign donations; accept campaign contributions]

[10m] Independent expenditures made by PACs are constitutionally protected speech due to this legal doctrine, according to Citizens United v. FEC. A description is acceptable.

ANSWER: corporate personhood [accept descriptions of the idea that corporations are people]

[10h] An OpenSecrets database named after this type of object tracks the workplaces of former government employees. This type of object is a metaphor for government employees entering lobbying, and vice versa.

ANSWER: revolving door [prompt on door]

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Summary


Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	14%	57%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	14.44	89%	22%	33%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	13.33	50%	33%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	19.17	83%	42%	67%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	12.22	56%	44%	22%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	75%	58%	58%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	13.33	67%	33%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	13.33	83%	17%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	80%	20%	80%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	10.00	63%	0%	38%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	40%	40%	60%

Data


Claremont B	UCSD A	10	0	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont A	10	0	0	10
UCLA A	UCLA F	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UCSD B	UCLA B	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	USC A	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Guelph A	Waterloo B	0	0	0	0
Waterloo A	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	Waterloo C	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Brock A	10	0	0	10
McMaster B	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
Toronto I	Queen's A	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Louisville A	0	0	0	0
Michigan B	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
CWRU C	Louisville D	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Michigan D	10	0	10	20
CWRU D	Michigan State B	0	0	0	0
Michigan State D	Ohio State D	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	10	10	10	30
Louisville C	WVU A	0	0	0	0
WVU B	Michigan State C	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Ohio State B	0	0	0	0
JMU B	Tusculum A	10	0	10	20
JMU A	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech C	UNC B	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	William & Mary B	10	0	0	10
UNC D	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Columbia A	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
NYU C	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Penn	10	0	0	10
Princeton	Lehigh B	0	0	0	0
Maryland B	Maryland C	10	0	10	20
NYU B	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
Rowan	Rutgers C	10	0	10	20
Stony Brook	Rutgers D	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	William Woods University A	0	0	0	0
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Blue	10	10	0	20
Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	10	0	0	10
Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	10	10	0	20
Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Indiana B	Iowa B	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Purdue C	WashU Grolars	10	0	0	10
Williams A	Amherst A	0	10	10	20
Boston College A	Williams B	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Boston University A	10	0	0	10
Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
MIT A	Dartmouth B	0	0	10	10
MIT B	Dartmouth C	0	0	0	0
Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Boston College B	Tufts C	10	0	0	10
Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Vermont B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	10	10	10	30
Washington Pink	Alberta A	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Arizona State B	0	0	0	0
Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Washington State	British Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Texas	10	10	0	20
Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	10	0	0	10
Alberta B	Washington Chinook	0	0	0	0
Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	10	10	0	20
Washington Coho	Boise State	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Auburn B	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	10	0	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Auburn C	Mississippi State A	10	0	0	10
Sewanne	Clemson B	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Chipola College	10	0	0	10
Clemson A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Durham A	Durham C	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	10	0	0	10
Sheffield B	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
York	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Oxford	Bristol	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	Cambridge A	0	0	0	0
Birmingham	Cambridge D	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
LSE	Cambridge E	10	0	0	10
Cardiff	Southampton	10	0	10	20
Cambridge C	Warwick	0	0	0	0
Imperial C	Imperial D	0	0	0	0
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	0	0	0
Binghamton B	Cornell D	0	10	0	10
Binghamton C	ESF	10	0	10	20
Cornell C	Cornell B	10	10	10	30
Cornell A	RIT B	0	0	10	10