The FEC monitors whom active military gives campaign contributions to. And there are polls that show what way active military votes. Do you take any of those into your consideration.
I'm not sure how the FEC can monitor contributions from military members or how accurate their info really is. If I paid cash to a campaign, how would the FEC know? And if the FEC has access to my bank accounts to monitor to whom and how much I contribute to a campaign, are laws being broken? I've never heard of this before, so I honestly don't know. I'm sure the FEC monitors absentee voting, and may even know what charitable organizations military members give to, mostly from the combined federal campaign program, but monitoring who we give money to elections seems a little off. We can't openly demonstrate or campaign in uniform, but there's no stipulation about contributions to a campaign.
No. And technically we can't give cash to any particular campaign. You can donate to a specific party, but not a specific candidate.
forms have to be filled out every campaign contribution a candidate receives. those forms then have to be filed with whatever state election commission or fec. name, address, occupation.... these have to be filled out and filed not just for monetary donations, but for in-kind donations. it isnt the fec having access to bank accounts, it is from information on campaign reporting. because of limits on how much individuals can donate, it is used to track donations and make sure laws are being met. these are also considered public record. any good fundraising staff on a campaign not only is good at helping their candidate raise money, and make sure all laws are being followed, they are also downloading all filed reports for their opponents as soon as those records/reports are posted. (generally weekly, at least in oklahoma.) a candidates fundraising staff will go over the opponents fundraising reports with a fine tooth comb looking for irregularities, conflicts of interest, what looks like payback for votes (if opponent is an incumbent), or simply to see who matches their candidates donors so you know who is hedging all bets with their donations. because occupation has to be listed on each form, it is also easy to see the pattern of what industries have individuals that are tending to donate to certain candidates.
