1/ Fundraising Wasn’t for the Forefathers --By Communications per bit.ly/2OlKwWM By Lindsay Renick Mayer @RenickMayer via OpenSecrets.org @OpenSecretsDC #MoneyOutPolitics --... 
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC 2/ ...The earliest candidates for president would have a hard time imagining a $1 billion campaign.-quoted in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-“When you think about $300 million spent in an election cycle, it just takesYour breathAway,”saidAllanLichtman @AllanLichtman ...
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 3/ ...per @AllanLichtman ofAmericanUniversity, who specializes in American political history.“When [Andrew] Jackson spent $1 million, that was considered astounding.”--in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-...
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 4/ ...per @AllanLichtman ofAmericanUniversity“It was a more democratic, open system, where you had to seek popular appeal.”quoted in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-...
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 5/ ...—Allan Lichtman @AllanLichtman, American University professor of history --Lichtman said Jackson, who took office in 1829 and was the nation’s seventh president, was the first organized campaigner.quoted in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-...
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 6/ ... He[Andrew Jackson] maintained two campaign headquarters and a system for distributing information touting his qualifications for office.quoted in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer- ...
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 7/ ...in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-Though [Andrew]Jackson didn’t campaign himself (at that time state parties did all the work), he was the first candidate to bring in a substantial amount of money.
@RenickMayer @OpenSecretsDC @AllanLichtman 8/ “It was a more democratic, open system, where you had to seek popular appeal,” Lichtman @AllanLichtman said.in bit.ly/2OlKwWM By @RenickMayer-
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