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Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19

Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/9/israeli-attacks-across-lebanon-kill-at-least-19 

 

Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19

No letup in deadly Israeli attacks despite a US-brokered ceasefire, with a new round of talks expected next week.

Aftermath of israeli attack on lebanon
 
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Lebanon reels from Israeli strikes despite the ceasefire and upcoming US-hosted talks

By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 9 May 2026

Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 19 people despite a United States-brokered ceasefire, now in its third week.

In a statement on Saturday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said an Israeli attack on the town of al-Saksakieh in the southern Sidon district killed at least seven people, including a child, and wounded 15, including three children.

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Elsewhere, Israeli attacks killed a Syrian man and his daughter in Nabatieh; three people in Nahrain; three in Saadiyat; another three in Haboush; and one in Mefdoun.

The attacks come despite last month’s ceasefire that was meant to halt fighting with the armed group Hezbollah. Since April 16, Israeli forces have killed nearly 500 people, bringing the overall death toll since Israel’s invasion and bombardment of Lebanon began on March 2 to more than 2,750 people, according to the Health Ministry.

The Israeli army separately issued new forced displacement orders for several towns as it continued to occupy parts of southern Lebanon, maintaining a buffer zone that prevents the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people and demolishing houses within it.

Reporting from Tyre, in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, said there were no signs of a ceasefire on the ground as the death toll from Israel’s “violent strikes” throughout the day “keeps rising”.

Later on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported additional air attacks on several towns across southern Lebanon. There was no immediate information about casualties.

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The intensified attacks come a day after the US announced it would mediate a second round of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon on May 14 and 15, despite demands by the Lebanese authorities that Israeli forces cease strikes before any talks.

The negotiations in Washington, DC will advance “a comprehensive peace and security agreement that substantively addresses the core concerns of both countries”, the US Department of State said in a statement on Friday.

Also on Friday, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun received former Ambassador Simon Karam, who is leading the Lebanese delegation for the talks, and provided him with “directives ahead of his trip to Washington”, according to a statement from the Lebanese presidency.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah, which is not included in the US-mediated talks, has continued to attack Israeli positions.

The group said on Saturday it had launched separate artillery shell attacks on Israeli positions in the southern Lebanese towns of Biyyada and Rachaf, as well as a drone attack in the border town of Misgav Am, according to state media. Hezbollah also claimed to have targeted a D9 bulldozer belonging to the Israeli army in al-Abbad town.

Separately, the Israeli army said on Saturday several explosive drones had entered Israeli territory, with some falling inside the country. It added that air defences intercepted multiple projectiles launched towards troops operating in southern Lebanon.

On Friday, drones launched by Hezbollah detonated in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, wounding at least three Israeli soldiers.

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon: Strikes kill at least 11 people, Hezbollah retaliates



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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries describes next steps after VA redistricting ruling: 'Our fight is not over'

 

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries describes next steps after VA redistricting ruling: 'Our fight is not over'


Rep. Hakeem Jeffries describes next steps after VA redistricting ruling: 'Our fight is not over'

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DECISION TO BLOCK THE STATE'S NEWLY DRAWN AND VOTER APPROVED CONGRESSIONAL MAP, THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, HAKIM JEFFREY SAYS,
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QUOTE, OVER 3 MILLION VIRGINIA CITIZENS CAST THEIR VOTES IN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION YET THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS CHOSEN TO INVALIDATE THEIR VOICE, DISENFRANCHISE THEM AND
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VIOLATE THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.
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THE DECISION TO OVERTURN AN ENTIRE ELECTION IS AN UNPRECEDENTED AND UNDEMOCRATIC ACTION THAT CANNOT STAND MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE ADOPTED
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VOTER SUPPRESSION AS A STRATEGY AS DEMOCRATIC ACROSS THE AMERICAN SOUTH WE
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ARE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO overturned this shocking decision.
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No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November so we can help rescue this nation from the extremism being unleashed by Donald Trump and Republicans.
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Our fight is not over. We are JUST GETTING STARTED, AND QUOTE.
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THE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKIM JEFFRIES OF NEW YORK JOINS ME NOW. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
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AT SOME POINT, THE POLLING INDICATES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE THE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER,
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HISTORY SUGGESTS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WILL HAPPEN.
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ARE YOU A LITTLE WORRIED THAT THIS NUTTY, OUT-of CONTROL, GERRYMANDERING ACTUALLY COMPROMISES THAT POSSIBILITY?
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NO, WE'RE GOING TO WIN BACK THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE ONLY THREE SEATS SHORT. WE HISTORICALLY OVERPERFORMED IN NOVEMBER.
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and that's one of the reasons why Republicans are in panic mode.
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Remember, Ali, when we took the House back in 2018, we were 24 seats short. We crossed over that hurdle and, in fact,
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in 2018 we flipped a total of 40 seats.
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So, we're going to take back control of the House of Representatives.
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We're going to continue to make clear to the American people that we will lower their high cost of living,
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fix a broken health care system and clean up the corruption that we're seeing in the country, in the Congress,
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certainly with the Supreme Court and deal with the most corrupt administration in American history.
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Now we're going to need nationwide judicial reform. We're going to need nationwide electoral reform.
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We're going to need nationwide campaign finance reform, which is why we have to take the House back, take the Senate back,
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keep pressing forward and then in 2028, take the presidency back as well.
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So I'm going to talk to you about those three areas of reform that you suggest.
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You heard Elie Mestal saying he puts judicial reform at the top of that, but I want to talk about something else.
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Of those things you say you're going to talk to people and win their votes over based on their cost of living and their health care.
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That message is being very clearly put forward by an increasing number of progressive candidates who are winning primaries.
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That sometimes feels out of sync with both the Democratic Party and who House leadership wants to run in primary elections.
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And you face some criticism for this. Where are you on this?
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Because the people winning elections right now tend to be putting that message forward very clearly.
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Well, since January of 2025 in my first remarks to the new Congress,
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we made clear that we're going to center lowering the high cost of living.
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America is far too expensive IT'S A BELIEF OF DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.
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PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD, THEY ARE PLAYING BY THE RULES AND THEY CAN'T THRIVE, THEY CAN BARELY SURVIVE.
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THAT'S A UNIVERSALLY AND DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRATS HELD BELIEF AMONGST DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM FROM PROGRESSIVES TO NEW DEMS WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
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CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, TO BLUE DOGS AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN. WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
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WE'VE NOW WON ELECTIONS FOR 16 CONSECUTIVE COUPLE OF MONTHS, INCLUDING IN PLACES LIKE NEW JERSEY WHERE GOVERNOR MIKEY CHERYL RAN ON
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AFFORDABILITY. THE NEW YORK CITY DEMOCRATIC POLITICS, IN VIRGINIA,
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ABIGAIL SPAMBERGER RAN AND WON ON AFFORDABILITY. THIS IS A UNIVERSALLY HELD BELIEF.
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I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN WE'LL SEE WHO EMERGES, BUT THE FOCUS HAS GOT TO BE ON WINNING IN NOVEMBER AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
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WHAT ABOUT NON-OPEN-SEAT PRIMARIES,
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CHALLENGES FROM PROGRESSIVES THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP HAS NOT MOVED FAST ENOUGH AND HARD ENOUGH.
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEFEND EVERY SINGLE HOUSE INCUMBENT.
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ULTIMATELY, HOWEVER, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF SERVING IN THE HOUSE OF PEOPLE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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THE INSTITUTION, THE FRAMER IS DESIGNED TO BE CLOSEST TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE HAVE ONLY TWO YEAR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.
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WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE EVERY OTHER YEAR AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY'RE PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT.
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AND THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
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AND I'VE INDICATED WHETHER IT'S A PROGRESSIVE INCUMBENT, WHETHER IT'S A BLUE DOG, WHETHER IT'S A NEW DEM,
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I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND THEN WE ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY,
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UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON FREE AND UNFORTUNATELY UNFAIR ELECTIONS,
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AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON BLACK REPRESENTATION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH IS WHAT THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN THE SOUTH AND CALI HAS UNLEASED.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE YOU AND I FROM NEW YORK,
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WE DON'T LIVE, THERE'S NOT A DAILY LIVED EXPERIENCE OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE END of it and Jim Crow laws. In the South, there still is.
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Like people have either in recent memory or they still experience things like that.
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This is being described as like the end of RECONSTRUCTION. IT'S THAT SERIOUS.
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IT TOOK DECADES, SEVEN DECADES TO GET OUT OF THAT MESS AND GET BACK TO 1965.
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HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND MINNEAPOLIS AND PLACES LIKE THAT TO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS EVERYBODY'S FIGHT RIGHT NOW.
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THIS ISN'T JUST BLACK PEOPLE'S FIGHT. IT'S CERTAINLY EVERYBODY'S FIGHT.
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LISTEN, DR. KING ONCE ELOQUENTLY MADE THE OBSERVATION THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT
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THE AMERICAN JOURNEY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY MOMENTS OF PROGRESS,
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FOLLOWED BY MOMENTS GENERATIONS OF BACKLASH AND THEN A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAVE TO SHOW UP, STAND UP, SPEAK UP, FIGHT, GET INTO GOOD TROUBLE TO
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USHER IN AN ERA OF WE WENT FROM THE PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION TO THE BACKLASH OF JIM CROW.
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THE PROGRESS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO THE BACKLASH OF MASS INCARCERATION,
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THE PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION WE ARE SEEING THIS BEHAVIOR THAT WE ARE SEEING COMING
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OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THROW THE AMERICAN SOUTH BACK INTO THE JIM CROW ERA.
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So it's going to take an all-hands-on-deck effort,
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and everybody has a stake in preserving a multiracial democracy as part of the effort to preserve
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American exceptionalism as we move forward into our next 250 years.
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There's nothing that Republicans are doing now that's anything of a surprise,
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because they wrote it all down in a 922-page book that Donald Trump denied having anything to do with, and then they're implementing all of it.
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Should there be a Democratic equivalent of that?
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This is actually how we're going to fix all of these problems, judicial reform, electoral reform, nonpartisan redistricting, campaign finance and everything else?
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Yeah, well, certainly I think a lot of that has been laid out by House Democrats and we will continue to lay out what we think needs to be done in order,
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one, to solve the problems that the American people want us to WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF AN AFFORDABLE LIFE, A COMFORTABLE LIFE,
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GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO LIVE A MIDDLE-CLASS LIFE OR BEYOND, LIVED A GOOD LIFE.
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AT THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, WE DO HAVE THESE WE'VE GOT TO,
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FOR INSTANCE, MAKE SURE WE PASS THE JOHN ROBERT LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT SO WE CAN END THE ERROR OF
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VOTER SUPPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONCE AND FOR ALL. WE HAVE TO END CITIZENS UNITED,
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DRAMATICALLY REFORM OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS TO STOP THE ABILITY OF THESE DEEP-POCKETED SPECIAL INTERESTS TO INTERVENE.
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AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLORE MASSIVE JUDICIAL REFORM,
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STATE BY STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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THANKS FOR BEING ON THE ON THE SHOW THIS MORNING.
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WE APPRECIATE CONGRESSMAN HAKEM JEFFRIES OF NEW YORK IS THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on one big election issue

Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on one big election issue

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/09/poll-americans-say-too-much-money-in-politics-00912455?_sp_pass_consent=true 

 

THE POLITICO POLL

Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on one big election issue

As campaign spending hits record highs, voters across parties question how deeply money shapes elections.

Image of a protestor at a rally calling for an end to corporate money in politics and to mark the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, at Lafayette Square near the White House, January 21, 2015 in Washington, DC collaged on top of an image of protesters burn U.S. one dollar bills during an Occupy Los Angeles demonstration and march at the Federal Reserve Bank of Los Angeles on November 22, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Another image of a one-dollar bill stamped with the words "Not to be used for bribing politicians."

Illustration by Anna Wiederkehr/POLITICO (source images via Getty)

By Anna Wiederkehr




Americans think cash rules more of the political system than it should — a concern that crosses party lines as midterm spending is projected to once again shatter records.

New results from The POLITICO Poll are stark: 72 percent of Americans say there is too much money in politics, with just 5 percent disagreeing. Across parties, majorities say billionaires wield outsized influence over U.S. politics and that special interest spending is a type of corruption that should be restricted, rather than protected as free speech. Nearly half of respondents say voters have too little power.

Outside money shows no sign of slowing. New groups tied to artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and other emerging industries are rapidly entering the political arena, pouring millions into competitive primaries to shape who makes it to Washington. Each of the last three midterm elections has set new spending records, and ad tracking firm AdImpact projects advertising spending will once again reach new heights, to the tune of $10.8 billion.

“This type of astronomical spending corrodes people’s faith in our system of government, and I think people are really looking for changes to take some of this outrageous amount of spending and rein it in,” said Michael Beckel, the Money in Politics Reform Director at Issue One, a nonprofit advocacy group.

This article is part of an ongoing project from POLITICO and Public First, an independent polling company headquartered in London, to measure public opinion across a broad range of policy areas.


You can find new surveys and analysis each month at politico.com/poll.


Have questions or comments? Ideas for future surveys? Email us at poll@politico.com.

The poll — conducted in partnership with Public First — suggests many Americans see that influence as coming at voters’ expense, raising concerns not just about fairness, but about the health of the democratic system itself.

Still, there was some partisan disagreement, with Democrats tending to hold the strongest views against money in politics. Non-voters, meanwhile, were more likely to respond “I don’t know” to these questions, which lowered the overall shares of Americans who are critical of money in politics, compared with Harris voters and Trump voters.

Here’s a look at where Americans stand, starting with a place of unified skepticism:

CASH OVERLOAD

There’s a cross-party consensus that money in politics is too high

Americans overwhelmingly believe there is too much money in politics.

Cutting across party lines, nearly 3 out of 4 Americans agreed with the statement that “There is too much money in American politics,” while most others didn’t take a position.

ELECTIONS FOR SALE?

Most Americans say money shapes election results

They also see that money as powerful. A majority think it can shape election outcomes — with 39 percent saying money can outright buy results and another 34 percent saying it can influence but not buy them. That perception mirrors what’s already playing out in campaigns: wealthy donors and outside groups are pouring millions into competitive races, often through vehicles that can accept unlimited contributions and amplify a small group of voices.

There’s a partisan break in beliefs about how far that money can go. Trump voters lean toward saying people or organizations with a lot of money can influence elections without buying the outcomes, while Harris voters were more likely to say election outcomes can be bought.

POWER OF WEALTH

Voters think billionaires hold more power than them in elections

Americans agree: Voters don’t have enough power.

When asked how much sway different groups have over politics, about half of respondents said voters have too little — far greater than the shares that said voters have either too much influence or the right amount.

Meanwhile, 6 in 10 say billionaires have too much influence over U.S. politics — a view that’s more widespread among Democrats, with 75 percent of Harris voters agreeing, compared with 55 percent of Trump voters. A sizable share of respondents also see political parties, special interest groups and foreign governments as overly influential, far outweighing the number of Americans saying those groups have too little influence.

CORRUPTION CONCERNS

Most Americans see special interest spending as corruption

Concern about special interest money runs particularly deep. Not only do two-thirds of Americans say there is too much of it flowing into U.S. politics, a majority (53 percent) view that money as corrupt and in need of stricter regulation, instead of following the conservative legal principle that it is an act of free speech to be protected. That includes 56 percent of Trump voters.

MONEY OVER MESSAGE

Americans say campaign cash outweighs policy positions

Money plays a major role in shaping elections, including in determining candidates’ ability to run advertising to get their message in front of voters, to hold campaign events and to hire staff. It can even shape who runs in the first place.

Americans know that money matters, expressing a broad skepticism about how elections are decided. A plurality believes the candidate with the most money — not the most popular positions — wins.

That view is far more common among Democrats: Over half of 2024 Harris voters say money is the deciding factor, compared with a little over a third of Trump voters.

Erin Doherty contributed reporting.

About the survey

This edition of the POLITICO Poll was conducted by Public First from April 11 to 14, surveying 2,035 U.S. adults online. Results were weighted by age, race, gender, geography and educational attainment. The overall margin of sampling error is ±2.2 percentage points. Smaller subgroups have higher margins of error.


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