Presidential Candidates Move Away From Public Financing

Peter Overby

All Things Considered | Apr 14, 2015

You can still check the box on your 1040 federal income tax return and earmark $3 for presidential public financing. This Watergate-era reform was supposed to push big money out of presidential politics, but so far this cycle, not many people have checked it.

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