Americans don\u2019t like all the cash that\u2019s going to super political action committees and other outside groups that are pouring millions of dollars into races for president and Congress.<\/p>\n
More than 8 in 10 Americans in a poll by The Associated Press and the National Constitution Center support limits on the amount of money given to groups that are trying to influence U.S. elections.<\/p>\n
But they might have to change the Constitution first. The Supreme Court\u2019s 2010 decision in the Citizens United case removed limits on independent campaign spending by businesses and labor unions, calling it a constitutionally protected form of political speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cCorporate donations, I think that is one of the biggest problems today,\u201d said Walter L. Cox Sr., 86, of Cleveland. \u201cThey are buying the White House. They are buying public office.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cox, a Democrat, was one of many people in the poll who do not, in spite of the high court ruling, think corporate and union campaign spending should be unlimited.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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