Group: Money's influence in elections

You can use money to support your candidate. This candidate can use your money to pay for things such as more television advertisements. His name becomes more recognized and he has a better chance of attracting more voters since they will now be more familiar with that candidate. You can support your candidate in the primary and general elections as well as other ways. As an individual you can donate $2,300 in the primary and $2,300 in the general election. This however does not count the money you can give to a political action committee or to a national party committee. The total amount is a huge sum that you can contribute to help a candidate that you like. He can use this money to spread his message and become more recognized.