[20180402]IN10878_管理美国竞选环境：政治和政策.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Regulating the U.S. Campaign Environment: Politics and Policy ,name redacted, Specialist in American National Government April 2, 2018 Introduction Members of Congress run campaigns as candidates and regulate them as policymakers. Recent coverage of Cambridge Analytica voter-targeting using Facebook data is one of the latest examples of the connection between campaign conduct and public policy. Reports suggest that this case involves consumer-privacy questions that are normally beyond campaign regulation, and questions about whether foreign nationals were impermissibly involved in campaign decisionmakinga topic well within campaign finance regulation. In other recent examples, reports of foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. elections have also raised questions about the prohibition on foreign money in U.S. campaigns and regulation of online political advertising. What is the connection between the U.S. campaign environment, or campaign conduct, and public policy? Are recent concerns about regulating campaigns historically unique? This CRS “Insight” provides brief discussion that may be relevant as Congr