2008 Ballot Measure Overview: Interests Spend Lavishly To Influence Voters On Hot-Button Issues
The report, 2008 Ballot Measure Overview: Interests Spend Lavishly To Influence Voters On Hot-Button Issues, finds that special interests and businesses spent lavishly to influence voters on hot-button issues in 2008. Money raised to support or oppose ballot measures climbed to $814 million in 2008--the highest amount since the Institute began collecting data on ballot measures in 2004.
Contents:
- Executive Summary
- Overview
- Methodology
- Winner Takes All
- Gambling, Same-Sex Marriage Top Money-Getters
- Walk Softly and Carry a Big Wallet
- Hot-Button Issues on the Ballot in Several States
