Soft money is money donated to political parties rather than to individual candidates. It was commonly used to fund party activities like get-out-the-vote drives and issue advocacy ads. However, the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 declared soft money contributions to be illegal, as they were seen as a way to circumvent contribution limits to individual candidates.

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Soft Money Is

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Soft money is

A) money donated by a person to his or her own campaign.
B) cash contributions that are not traceable and in some situations illegal.
C) small donations that,while important to a campaign,are not as important as larger contributions.
D) money loaned to a campaign but expected to be paid back.
E) money donated to parties rather than to candidates; this type of contribution was declared illegal by the McCain-Feingold Act.

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