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Sanders Slams "Corrupt' Campaign Finance System

Press Release

Date: Aug. 30, 2015
Location: Burlington, VT
Issues: Campaign Finance

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said that super PACs, the campaign financing schemes spawned by a disastrous Supreme Court ruling, have corrupted American politics.

"People do not like the idea that as a result of Citizens United our campaign finance system has become corrupt and politicians have become dependent on billionaires and super PACs for money," Sanders said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Sanders also was interviewed Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

Sanders has actively discouraged super PAC support and instead relied on more than 400,000 donors whose average contribution to him is $31. With $15.2 million raised altogether during the quarter covered by the most recent Federal Election Commission reports, Sanders has more contributions of $200 or less than any candidate in either major party, according to an analysis of campaign finance reports for The New York Times.

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