Do you know anyone that would be a good representative in congress? Someone hardworking and smart and honest? Most of us know at least one person who we think would do a good job as a representative, maybe it’s even you. Has anyone ever told you that you should run for office?
Imagine what it would take to run. The first question anyone faces is how are they going to afford it? Running for congress is basically a full time job, can you afford to take months off from work to campaign? With maybe a 50/50 chance of actually getting elected? That’s just not an option for most people.
If you don’t have connections or know any wealthy donors, it’s extremely hard to take the chance and actually run. We need to make it easier for regular people to have the confidence that if they run, we’ll support them. We can do this by raising the bar on the amount of small dollar donations made to candidates.