Political action committees (PACs) and lobbyists generally contribute more money to political parties than to individual candidates' campaign funds, for the main reason that
a. there is a strict legal limit on the amount that can be contributed to an individual candidate, but no such limit on contributions to a political party.
b. contributions to political parties are tax-deductible, whereas contributions to individual politicians are not.
c. political parties always spend more than individual candidates during a campaign.
d. PACs may be Democrat, Republican, or neither.
e. individual candidates are prohibited from accepting campaign funds directly from PACs.
Ans: a. there is a strict legal limit on the amount that can be contributed to an individual candidate, but no such limit on contributions to a political party.
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