Following the passage of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, there has been a drop in party independent expenditure activity.

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The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act, aimed to regulate the financing of political campaigns, but it did not lead to a drop in party independent expenditure activity. Instead, it led to a significant increase in spending through independent expenditures by parties and, more notably, by outside groups, including PACs, Super PACs, and nonprofit organizations, which found new ways to raise and spend money influencing elections, often bypassing the restrictions intended by the law.

Following the Passage of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act