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Numbers of the Day May 10, 2026 · 3:06 am ET Source: The Hill

72 Percent Want the Money Out. Congress Won't Move.

72%
of Americans say there is too much money in politics — vs. 5% who disagree

That's not a polling margin, that's a rout. A 67-point gap between yes and no is the kind of number that, in a functioning legislative environment, would produce a bill. It doesn't — because Citizens United (2010) locked the current system in constitutional amber and the donor class that benefits has no incentive to unlock it. The strategic reality: this majority exists, it's durable, and it belongs to whichever coalition is willing to own campaign-finance reform as a first-tier issue rather than a platform footnote.

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