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Ted Cruz and the super Super PACs

Ruth Tarrant

11th January 2016

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As Ted Cruz increasingly seems to be the main alternative to Donald Trump for the Republican Presidential nomination, the number of Super PACs supporting him has increased - the Washington Post reported today that there are now no less than 8 Super PACs supporting Mr Cruz. This is confusing for (especially rich) donors, who want some control over the Super PAC campaign to which they donate - which campaign do they choose? And what exactly is a Super PAC?

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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